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To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. Beau. & Fl.

In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.

all. Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).

o the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott.…

m for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

One of the whitish specks called aphthæ.

An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

oetry, and music, etc., 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.

To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter. To apologize for his insolent language. Froude.

An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape. Parker.

An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly imposthume.]

cially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel. He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Luke vi. 13.

h in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. -- Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to the apostolic…

y the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.

To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

o make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward.