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Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

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

An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.

To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered. He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in Carlyle.

A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley.

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.

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

A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.