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The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone.

Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.

titioner. The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.

To apply. [Obs.] The act of faith is applicated to the object. Bp. Pearson.

value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [U.S.] Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money. Ramsay.

Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things. My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

en's high Arbitrators sit secure. Milton. Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. Addison.

The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.

Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate." Wright.

ose- colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.

l period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.

To make appear archaic or antique. Mahaffy.

pl. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. M…

Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden.

A support for the spear when couched for the attack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.

species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.

Armor: defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. Milton.

; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties. Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. Cowper. No suspicion was aroused. Merivale.