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A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A.

Inequality of the pupils of the eye.

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.

The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. "The associability of feelings." H. Spencer.

Capable of being associated or joined. We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another. H. Spencer.

Associability.

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with .

Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined. Associated movements (Physiol.), consensual movements which accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison.

The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle.

Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.

The doctrine or theory held by associationists.

One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.

Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. Hugh Miller.

An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.

A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.

A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

Clothed with a cassock.