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Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

In an apathetic manner.

Apathetic; une motional. [R.]

In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey.

In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.

At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

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.

The writer of the Apocalypse.

By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

By way of apology.

Same as Apothegmatic.

Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth.