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ber of persons; anyone; any person. His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay.

to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness 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. Flemi…

etfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. Reid. Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens,…

quest. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Macaulay.

judgment seat. * Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay.

les an appetite to swim. Jer. Taylor. To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. Macaulay.

, or fear; to fear. The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence. Macaulay.

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

tion; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay. The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin.

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

Opportunities to approve . . . worth. Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.

ade that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives. Macaulay.

burn. He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops. Macaulay.

he House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet. Macaulay. Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. South.

vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper. An ardent and impetuous race. Macaulay.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. Macaulay.

Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone. Macaulay.

Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.

ought by the last arrival. Another arrival still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay.