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A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

ations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially 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.

n apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

The result or issue. [Obs.]

Relating to an issue of fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.

To summon; to challenge. [Archaic] Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. Sir W. Scott.

Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

anner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone.

To hang 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.

principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. Jer. Taylor.

comitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

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