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he worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

s before us; an appreciation of colors. His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green.

w near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evide…

An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.

A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.

A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

Ere; before. [Obs.] Chaucer.

carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.

y applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. -- n.

To form or bend into the shape of an arch. The horse arched his neck. Charlesworth.

y vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Archaic. [R.] -- Ar*cha"ic*al*ly, adv.

A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.

A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.