English English Dictionary

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.

Aside; away.

In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

A compartment.

A set or suite of rooms.

The quality of standing apart.

That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Alt. of Apathetical

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

In an apathetic manner.

of Apathy

One who is destitute of feeling.

Apathetic; une motional.

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.

Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

See Appaume.

To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

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.

A dupe.