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The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

Relating to an issue of fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

n advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.

Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

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.

To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic] We have two hands to apprehended it. Jer. Taylor.

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne.

approve . . . worth. Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.

also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.

The quality an apron can hold.

Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. Aqua ammoniæ, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called aqua ammonia. -- Aqua marine, or Aqua marina. Same as Aquamarine. -- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.),…

An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.

A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.

A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

ver the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [Obs.] Johnson.

chitects of their own happiness. Milton. A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. Coldsmith.

The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

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

The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.