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On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.

Containing an appeal. An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. Ayliffe.

The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone.

The vermiform appendix.

By way of application.

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n.

The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.

A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.

The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]

One who apportions.

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.

Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp. Hall.

One who appreciates.

Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ri*ly, adv.

One who approves. [R.]

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

One who, or that which, approximates.