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cumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num. ix. 15. For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge…

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

ing word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance…

s before us; an appreciation of colors. His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green.

w near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation 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 evide…

or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill. Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon. The structure of the eye, and of its ap…

Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.

carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

To form or bend into the shape of an arch. The horse arched his neck. Charlesworth.

y vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

y, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

To blame; to accuse; to charge with. [Obs.] Thoughts and expressions . . . which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality. Dryden.

Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony. Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.

Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.

A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- Ar*kos"ic (#), a.