English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Apart
(adv.)
In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction,
as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought;
separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
Apart
(adv.)
Aside; away.
Apart
(adv.)
In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a
piece of machinery apart.
Apartment
(n.)
A room in a building; a division in a house, separated
from others by partitions.
Apartment
(n.)
A compartment.
Apartment
(n.)
A set or suite of rooms.
Apartness
(n.)
The quality of standing apart.
Apastron
(n.)
That point in the orbit of a double star where the
smaller star is farthest from its primary.
Apathetic
(a.)
Alt. of Apathetical
Apathetical
(a.)
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion;
passionless; indifferent.
Apathetically
(adv.)
In an apathetic manner.
Apathies
(pl. )
of Apathy
Apathist
(n.)
One who is destitute of feeling.
Apathistical
(a.)
Apathetic; une motional.
Apathy
(n.)
Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or
excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As
applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of
indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest
or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion.
Apatite
(n.)
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided
prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
Apaume
(n.)
See Appaume.
Ape
(v. t.)
To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or
follow servilely or irrationally.
Ape
(n.)
A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having
teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a
tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the
genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all
Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are
often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
Ape
(n.)
A dupe.