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To be sensible of; to distinguish. To test the power of bappreciate color. Lubbock.

Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil. Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. Tillotson. Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. Gladstone.

Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

Impossible to be approached.

(Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.

Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.

To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart…

en; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

ruous; in a manner. -- As now, just now. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As swythe, as quickly as possible. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- As well, also; too; besides. Addison. -- As well as, equally with, no less than. "I have understanding as well as you." Job xii. 3. -- As yet, until now; up to or at the present time; still; now.…

persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote.

Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

Capable of being; visible. "The aspectable world." Ray. "Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.

or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers. Milton.

The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers. -- Atomic weight (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken as a standard.

ed to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.

An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

That which may be heard. [Obs.] Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles. Bacon.