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uggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

ically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.

Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

oming 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.

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

To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.

ppetite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. Sir W. Scott.

hes, swords. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl.

A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.

ladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. Sir W. Scott.

A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.] Arles penny, earnest money given to servants. Kersey.

rderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

To black art; magic. [Obs.] Shak. Art and part (Scots Law), share or concern by aiding and abetting a criminal in the perpetration of a crime, whether by advice or by assistance in the execution; complicity.

ticulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. -- Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. -- The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held b…

Because; since; it being the case that. As the population of Scotland had been generally trained to arms . . . they were not indifferently prepared. Sir W. Scott. [See Synonym under Because.]

and devotions; austere; severe. The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.

ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott.

So as to be heard by others; privately. Then lords and ladies spake aside. Sir W. Scott. To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]