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Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.] Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. Milton.

to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. Temple.

s an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.

s Armeniaca of Linnæus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

end him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. "The weather being too hot for the apron." Hughes.

ubject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

than 600 persons. Francis. -- Aqua vitæ Etym: [L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.

A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.

One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor. Though Heaven be shut, And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure. Milton. Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. Addison.

cene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet. Where the cow is, there is Arcadia. J. Burroughs.

dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

ve. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.

Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought. The largest area of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison. Dry area. See under Dry.

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.

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

les known, admitted, or proved to be true. Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth. Tyndale.

ines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n.

g.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.

rivileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift.