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Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.

Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.

Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n.

Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.

Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans]. C. Reade.

Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

Of or pertaining to a revelation, 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.

Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele.

Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.

Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apotghem; sententious; pithy.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.] J. Whitaker.

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. "An apparitional soul." Tylor.

Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.