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Devoid of air; free from air; as, an apneumatic lung; also, effected by or with exclusion of air; as, an apneumatic operation.

or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

The writer of the Apocalypse.

By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. --Ap`o*chro"ma*tism (#), n.…

An apocrustic medicine.

Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

Same as Apodeictic.

Devoted to enjoyment.

ts; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

By way of apology.

That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

An apohlegmatic medicine.

Same as Apothegmatic.

One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth.