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The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains. Dickens.

Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.

Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.

Anything, especially money, thus set apart. The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation. Macaulay.

Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.

Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson.

Anything resembling an arm; as,

Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. Cowell. Blackstone.

To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. Heywood.

The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. Locke. The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Too many people read this ribaldry with…

o state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize. Glanvill. Spelman. Cowell. Blackstone. Tomlins. Burrill.

Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant. The one [idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it. Locke.

ource, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.

Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit. There was not an atom of water. Sir J. Ross.

To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. Cooley.

One who attempts; one who essays anything.

Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. Earth in her rich attire. Milton. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire Jer. ii. 32.