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Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale.

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…

Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.

followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

A mandrel in lathe turning. Knight. Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]

place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.

To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.

r apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. 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.

cliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask Ask me never so much dowry. Gen. xxxiv. 12. To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke xii. 48. An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a desig…

and liberties. To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.

A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.

effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.

The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

eeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow.

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. Thus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down for our offe…

Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.

An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.

of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.

ouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.