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Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

A copy or transcript. Blount.

Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Balanced.

Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Devoted to enjoyment.

In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

rvescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.

., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

A teller of apologues. [Obs.]

Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

By way of apology.

That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

To make an apology or defense. Dr. H. More.

One who makes an apology; an apologist.

A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.