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The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.

An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.

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.

One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.

itiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.

According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.

s, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth.

An heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak.

Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.

nest request. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Macaulay.

fire. Num. ix. 15. For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge not according to the appearance. John. vii. 24.

The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume.

or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. Antennæ and other appendages used for feeling. Carpenter.

Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.

le, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvæ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.

An order of annelids; the Polychæta.

To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve. By the gods, I do applaud his courage. Shak.