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About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.

Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

eclipse (Astron.), an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.

Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.

An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof.

Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke.

dote. Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South.

as of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

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.

To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider. This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it. Fuller. The eternal laws, such as the heroic age a…

Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible by faith." Bp. Hall. -- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. Rog

An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

nduce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

nt; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.