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ed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. -- Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministeri…

The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]

eal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

common name, distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, sta…

After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

an 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.

Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.

To grow like an apple; to bear apples. Holland.

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.

Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

Approach. [Archaic] Holland.

to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland. Point d'appui. Etym: [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, d…

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

The quality an apron can hold.

ied (to do something); 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.

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

governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. Landor.

tic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree. "Arborescent hollyhocks." Evelyn.