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ibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A.

3. To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund.

Removal; ousting; especially, the removal of a corporate officer from his office.

Liability to be removed or dismissed from office. [R.] T. Jefferson.

To dismiss from an office or station.

To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

Full off dregs; foul. [R.] Knowles.

An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

k used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.

One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

again. Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak. Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.

An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] South.

The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon,…

pplied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton.

A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.