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A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.

rdinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.

The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson.

By way of application.

By application. [R.]

bove or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, 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 xv…

appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.

The act of adding; application; accretion. It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot.

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible by faith." Bp. Hall. -- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

ious; cognizant. [R.] A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. Jer. Taylor.

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. Macaulay.