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The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

nse or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

A dressing room connected with a public bath.

To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve. By the gods, I do applaud his courage. Shak.

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

Expressing applause; approbative. -- Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv.

Approbation; sanction. A censor . . . without whose approval nTemple.

To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. Rog

So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

Approbation. I did nothing without your approvement. Hayward.

Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.

Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

Debate; discussion.

A battering-ram.

The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram. [Obs.] Bacon.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.