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the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.

A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

n cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

cision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of. Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 2 Sam. xv. 15. He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. Acts xvii. 31. Say that the emperor request a parley .…

To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman.

Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.

The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.

till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city 2 Sam. xi. 20. But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Heb. x. 25.

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.

severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

portant thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places." B. Jonson. That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.

oup, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

e, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.