English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Apotome (n.)

The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.

Apotome (n.)

The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between Ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

Apozem (n.)

A decoction or infusion.

Apozemical (a.)

Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.

Appair (v. t. & i.)

To impair; to grow worse.

Appalachian (a.)

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

Appall (a.)

To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

Appall (a.)

To make pale; to blanch.

Appall (a.)

To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.

Appall (v. i.)

To lose flavor or become stale.

Appall (n.)

Terror; dismay.

Appall (v. i.)

To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Appalled (imp. & p. p.)

of Appall

Appalling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Appall

Appalling (a.)

Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.

Appallment (n.)

Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.

Appanage (n.)

A dependency; a dependent territory.

Appanage (n.)

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

Appanage (n.)

That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.

Appanagist (n.)

A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.