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reek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.

Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure. The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

The writer of the Apocalypse.

By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.

Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. --Ap`o*chro"ma*tism (#), n.…

An alkaloid, , prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine.

To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.

Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

An apocrustic medicine.

Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] Locke.

Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]

In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.