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The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.

To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. Johnson.

. These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. Josh. xx. 9.

The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.

ith some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay. The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin.

on. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.

; quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. "An apt wit." Johnson. Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. Shak. I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. Shak.

ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. For Jove is arbiter of both to man. Cowper.

Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

uation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [Obs.] Johnson.

g to an archdeacon. This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation. Johnson.

Sandy; full of sand. Johnson.

A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson.

Sharp; shrill. [Obs.] Johnson.

arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

ate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson.

Power in arms. [R.] Johnson.

A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea. Johnson.

To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.