| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| apparel | noun | External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array., A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments., The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc., To make or get (something) ready; to prepare., To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out., To dress or clothe; to attire., To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. |
| appaume | noun | A hand open and extended so as to show the palm. |
| appeach | verb t. | To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. |
| appease | verb t. | To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst. |
| apperil | noun | Peril. |
| applaud | verb t. | To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign., To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve., To express approbation loudly or significantly. |
| applier | noun | He who, or that which, applies. |
| applied | imp. & past participle | of Apply |
| appoint | verb t. | To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out., To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of., To assign, designate, or set apart by authority., To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out., To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign., To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; — said of an estate already conveyed., To ordain; to determine; to arrange. |
| apposed | adjective | Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird’s beak. |
| apposer | noun | An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs’ accounts. |
| apprest | adjective | Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, |
| apprise | verb t. | To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; — followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done., Notice; information. |
| apprize | verb t. | To appraise; to value; to appreciate. |
| appromt | verb t. | To quicken; to prompt. |
| approof | noun | Trial; proof., Approval; commendation. |
| approve | verb t. | To show to be real or true; to prove., To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically., To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial., To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration., To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance., To make profit of; to convert to one’s own profit; — said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor. |
| appulse | noun | A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against., The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian. |