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Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains. Dickens.

e, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. -- Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author. -- Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age o…

To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.

particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume.

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

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…

Capable of being appointed or constituted.

Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi. 9.

Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnæn order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.

Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub. Loudon.

ting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.

Destitute of arms or weapons.

second, third, etc., line of defense (the regular army and its reserves ordinarily constituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given number of years. He is usually enrolled first in the regular army, then passes to…

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant.

ng of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

her. Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. Robertson.

herical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.