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.