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An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

palled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.

will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

sation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

ving the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub. Loudon.

Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.

its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.

Having asci. Loudon.

Added; additional. [Obs.] An ascriptitious and supernumerary God. Farindon.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John xv. 7.

an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. Clarendon.

ely; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. In the order I assign to them. Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. Prescott.

or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak.

body of helpers. [Obs.] Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John Cavendish. Fuller.

To take up; to elevate; to assume. [Obs.] Sheldon.

A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.