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Capable of being appraised.

Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.

The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.

The quality of being apprehensible. [R.] De Quincey.

Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible by faith." Bp. Hall. -- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

The quality or state of being apprehensive.

The quality of being approachable; approachableness.

Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

The quality of being approbative.

Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.

Worthy of being approved; meritorious. -- Ap*prov"a*ble*ness, n.

The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating. The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature. I. Taylor.

Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc. The April's her eyes; it is love's spring. Shak. April fool, one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April.

The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

tside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. "The weather being too hot for the apron." Hughes.

Capable of being adapted. [Obs.] Sherwood.

The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.