approvedly 
approvedly (a-pro'ved-li), adv. In a manner 
to gain approval ; to an approved degree. 
approvement 1 (a-prov'ment), it. [< approve 1 
^-mciit.] If. Tue act of approving ; approba- 
tion ; an expression of assent or preference. 
I did nothing without your approvement, llayward. 
I am not bound 
< To fancy your approvements, but my own. 
Ford, Lover's Melancholy, i. 3. 
2. In laic, the act of becoming an approver or 
informer; the act of a prisoner who confesses, 
and accuses his accomplices ; the act of turn- 
ing king's or state's evidence. 
approvement- (a-prov'ment), n. [Prop, ap- 
prowment (see ttpprowP), <i late ME. approwe- 
mcnt, (//i/immeitt, aprowement, aprotiment, < OF. 
aprueniait, aprouement, aprowement (ML. appro- 
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The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are 
but an approximation to the proper standard and true 
symmetry of human nature. /*. Taylor. 
Not directly, but by successive approximation*, do man- 
kind reach correct conclusions. 
II. Spencer, Trin. of Biol., 147. 
2. In math. unApliys. : (a) A continual approach 
to a true result ; the process by which the value 
of a quantity is calculated with continually in- 
creasing exactness without ever being actually 
ascertained. (6) A result so obtained ; a result 
which is not rigorously exact, but is so near the 
truth as to be sufficient for a given purpose. 
Homer's method of approximation (named for its 
inventor, W. G. Homer, died 1S37), a method of solving nu- 
merical equations, the most salient features of which are 
that each approximate value is obtained from the last by 
el- 
Taylor's theorem, and that the coefficients of the devi 
_r , ~j,, ^ , ~j,. , v rl ,, - opment are calculated by a certain systematic procedure. 
vamenta, ttppn<i-imnitti, <t/>i-ofiamenta, pi.), < approximative (a-prok' si-ma-tiv), a. [= F. 
aproer, etc., profit, benefit, improve: see an- approximattf, <L,L,.imif*approximativus,< ap- 
proceV anrl-ment. Now improvement, q. v.] In proximare: see approximate.] Approaching; 
old English law : (a) The improvement by the coming near, as to some state or result, 
lord of a manor of common or waste lands by approximative^ (a-prok'si-ma-tiv-li), adr. In 
inclosing and converting them to his own use. an approximative manner; approximately. 
(6) The profits of such lands. appui, appuy (ap-we'), v. t.\ pret. and pp. ap- 
approver 1 (a-pro'ver), n. [ME. "approvour, usu- 
ally proeow, only in def. 1; < approve 1 + -er 1 .] 
1. One who approves or commends. 2. One 
who proves or offers to prove ; specifically, in 
puied, appui/ed, ppr. appnying. [< F. appuyer, 
OF. apuyer, apouier, apoier, = It. appoggiare 
(see appoggiato), < ML. appodiare, support, 
prop, < L. ad, to, + podium, a support, a bal- 
wno proves or oners to prove; specifically, in r xv lfi ^ " "> "> ' jwuum, oupyun, a, uai- 
taw, one who confesses a felony, and gives evi- conv i ete -> > F - P*> P U 'J< a hill (appuye, a bal- 
dence against his accomplice or accomplices ; con y)i = !* 1'Offffio, a hill, bluff, formerly also a 
dence against his accomplice or accomplices; ... - , 
an informer and accuser; one who turns king's horse-block, etc.: see podium.] To support; 
nv otota'a ,.i-;,i. .,,,.., milit., to post, as troops, at a point of support. 
appui (ap-we'), [F., a support, prop, < ap- 
lt. A support, 
or state's evidence. 
In the 22 Edw. III. a commission was issued to inquire 
Into the practice of torturing men by gaolers to compel 
them to become approvers. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., III. 288, note. 
puyer, support: see appui, v. 
stay, or prop. 
If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, 
there would be stays and appuies set to it. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, I. 538. 
2. In the manage, a reciprocal action between 
the mouth of the horse and the hand of the 
approver 2 ! (a-pro'ver), . [Prop, apprower 
(see approve), < ME. apprower, approwonr, ap- 
prouour, < AF. aprouour, OF.*aproeor (ML. ap- 
prouator, appruator, NL. approbator), < aproer, - 
etc., profit, benefit: see approve? and -er.] One rid er, the bit and rein forming the line of eom- 
who manages a landed estate for the owner ; rnunication : thus, a horse with a sensitive 
a bailiff or steward of a manor ; an agent. mouth may be said to have a good appui. and 
- * ne same may be said of the rider if his hand 
good. Point d'appul (pwaft dap-we'), point of sup- 
port i V^ 9 ' 8 ' '"*?" a flxe '} Point at which troops form, and 
approvingly (a-pro'ving-li), adv. In a com 
mendatory manner ; in such a way as to imply 
approval. 
approximal (a-prok'si-mal), a. [< L. ad, to, + 
prariwtw, next, + -aZ. Cf'.' approximate.] Close- 
ly joined: in anat., used with reference to the 
surfaces of adjoining teeth. 
on which operations are based, 
appulse (ap'uls or a-puls'), n. 
aapulsus, driving to, a landing, 
Dulsus, adpulsus, pp. of appellere, adpellere, 
ive to, < ad, to, + pellere, drive : see pulse, and 
apricot 
appurtenant (a-per'te-nant), a. and . [Also 
wi'itten, less commonly',' appertinent; < ME. 
appertcnant, apertiiicnt, nji/iui-tcnauiit, apurte- 
nant, etc., < OF. apertenant, aparteiiant, < LL. 
appertincn(t-)s, ppr. of appertinere, belong to, 
appertain: see appertain and-axfi, and cf. ap- 
purtenance.] I. a. Appertaining or belonging: 
pertaining ; incident or relating to, as a legal 
right, interest, or property subsidiary to one 
more valuable or important. 
Kight of way . . . appurtenant to land. 
Blackttone, Commentaries, ii. 3. 
A part |of land common to a tribe] is allotted in a spe- 
cial way to the chief, as aitpurtenant to his office, and 
descends from chief to chief according to a special rule of 
succession. Edinburgh Ken. 
Common appurtenant. See common, n. 
II. . A thing appertaining to another more 
important thing ; an appurtenance ; a belonging. 
appuy, v. t. See appui. 
aprankt (a-prank'), prep. phr. as adv. or a. [< 
CT 3 -(- prank.] In ostentatious or impertinent 
fashion. 
To set the arms a-gambo and a-prank. 
J. Buhner, Chironomia (1644), p. 104. 
apraxia (a-prak'si-a), . [NL., < Gr. airpa.ia, 
not doing, non-action, < a-irpaKrof, not doing, 
not to be done, < a- priv. + Trpa/mif, verbal adj. 
of irpaaaeiv , do : see practice, praxis.] Inpathol., 
loss of the knowledge of the uses of things. 
apresst, '. t. An old form of oppress. Chaucer. 
apricate (ap'ri-kat), r. [< L. apricatus, pp. of 
apricari, bask in the sun, < apricits, open to the 
sun, sunny, prob. < "apericus, < aperire, open : 
see aperient, and cf. April.] I. intrans. To 
bask in the sun. Boyle. [Rare.] 
II. trans. To expose to sunlight. DeQuincey. 
[Rare.] 
aprication (ap-ri-ka'shon), n. [< L. aprica- 
tio(n-), < apricari: see apricate.] The act of 
basking in the sun; exposure to sunlight. 
Cockeram. [Rare.] 
The luxury and benefit of aprication, or immersion in 
the sunshine bath. 0. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 209. 
apricityt (a-pris'i-ti), . [< L. apricitas, < apri- 
cus, sunny: see apricate.] The warmness of 
the sun in winter. Cockeram. 
apricockt, . An old spelling of apricot. 
apricot (a'pri-kot or ap'ri-kot), n. [Early mod. 
E. also aprieote, aprecott, africot, abricote, abri- 
coct, etc., with term, after F. abricot, also, and 
___-. _ .. f i / j_\ r-y TT ^ijro w, \ wit, tu, T^ ItcllcIC, Ulivf ; stu IJHtyc, ailll . --/ 
approximant (a-prok si-mant), a. [< LL. op- cf . j mj ,, rfse repwfee.] 1. The act of striking earlier, apricock, aprecock, aprieok, abrecock, 
proximan(t-)s,ppr.of approximare: seeapproxi- against or driving upon something; active or abrecok, etc. (cf. D. a&rifcoos, f>an. abrilcog, SwI 
^ [Rt?e r i a0 m character; a PP roxlmat - energetic approach. [Rare.] 
In all consonants there is an apvu, 
Approximant and conformant to the apostolical and 
pure primitive church. Sir E. Dering, Speeches, p. 74. 
approximate (a-prok'si-mat), v. ; pret. and pp. 
approximated, ppr. approximating. [< LL. ap- 
proximatus, pp. of approximare, < L. ad, to, + 
appulxe of the organs. 
Holder. 
2. In astron., the approach of any planet to a 
conjunction with the sun or a star. 3f. A 
coming to land, as of a vessel : as, "the appulse 
of the ark," J. Bryant, Mythol., II. 412. 
proximare, come near, < proximus (loT*propsi- appulsion (a-pul'shon), n. [< L. as if "appul- 
mus), superl. of prope, near: see proximate, and sio(n-), < appulsus : "see apprise.] The act of 
cf. approach.] I. trans. To carry or bring near; striking against ; collision ; concussion; shock, 
advance closely upon; cause to approach in appulsive (a-pul'siv), a. [< L. appulsus: see 
position, quality, character, condition, etc. appulse and' -MIC.] Striking against; impin- 
To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of gmg : as, the appulsive influence of the planets. 
Burke, appulsively (a-pul'siv-li), adv. By appulsion. 
II. intrans. To come near; approach closely; appurtenance (a-per'te-nans), n. [Also, less 
figuratively, to stand in intimate relation; be 
remarkably similar. 
It is the tendency of every dominant system . . . to force 
its opponents into the most hostile and jealous attitude, 
from the apprehension which they naturally feel, lest, in 
those points in which they approximate towards it, they 
should be misinterpreted and overborne by its authority. 
J. H. Newman, Development of Christ. Doctrine, Int. 
approximate (a-prok'si-mat), a. [< LL. approxi- 
matus,pp.: seethe verb.] ' 1. Near in position ; 
near to; close together. Specifically (a) In anat., 
applied to teeth so arranged in the jaw that there is no 
vacancy between them, as the teeth of man. (6) In oof., 
said of leaves or other organs that stand near together. 
2. Near in character; very similar: as, a state- 
ment closely approximate to a falsehood. 3. 
Nearly approaching accuracy or correctness; 
nearly precise, perfect, or complete: as, an ap- 
proximate result; approximate values. 
The English must certainly rank among the more mixed 
nations ; we cannot claim the approximate purity of 
Basques and Albanians. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 88. 
Approximate value or formula, in math., one which 
is very nearly, but not exactly, true. 
approximately (a-prok'si-mat-li), adv. In an 
approximate manner; by approximation ; near- 
ly; closely. 
commonly, appertenaiice, appertinence. and, 
with immediate dependence on the verb, ap- 
pertainance, q. v. ; < ME. appertenaunce, ap- 
partenaunce, but earlier and usually appur- 
tenaunce, apportenaunce, apurtenaunce, apor- 
tenaunce, < AF. apwtenance, OF. apertenance, 
apartenanee = Pr. apartenensa = It. apparte- 
nenza, < ML. appertenentia, < LL. appertinere, 
belong to, appertain: see appertain, appurte- 
nant, and -ance.] 1. The act, state, or fact of 
appertaining. 2. That which appertains or be- 
longs to something else ; something belonging 
to another thing as principal ; an adjunct ; an 
appendage; an accessory: as, "appurtenances 
of majesty," Barrow, Sermons, III. xiv. 
The Pope with his appertinences the Prelates. 
Milton, Areopagitica, p. 42. 
Revolutions upon revolutions, each attended by its ap- 
purtenance of proscriptions, and persecutions, and tests. 
Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
3. Specifically, in law, a right, privilege, or im- 
provement belonging to a principal property, 
as a right of pasture in a common attached 
to an estate, outhouses, gardens, etc., attached 
to a mansion, and the like. 
aprikos, G. aprikose), < Pg. albricoque = Sp. al- 
baricoque, OSp. albarcoque, albercoque, etc., = 
It. albercocca, albicocca (the forms in apr-, as 
in E., Gr., etc., being due perhaps to a fancied 
connection with L. apricus, sunny (so ex- 
plained by Minsheu: "q[uasi] in aprico coc- 
tus," ripened in a sunny place) : see apricate), < 
Ar. al-birquq, al-burquq, apricot, < al, the, and 
burquq, < Gr. irpairiKiov, pi. Kpam6Kia (Dioscori- 
des), later 7rpeK6iaua, /3epiK6nKta (whence formerly 
in It. berricocche, pi. Minsheu), < L. praecoqua, 
apricots, neut. pi. of pra'coqmts, a form of prce- 
cox, early ripe, precocious, < pro;, beforehand, 
+ coquere, cook: see precocious and cook 1 . The 
vernacular Ar. name is mishmish, musnmush, > 
Pers. mishmish; Hind, khubani.] A roundish, 
approximation (a-prok-si-ma'shon), n. [=F. appurtenancet (a-per te-nans), v. t. [< appur- 
approximation, < L'L. approximare: see approxi- n<ince, n.] To furnish with by way of appur- 
mate,v.-\ 1 . The act of approximating ; a draw- tenance 5 supply or equip. 
tio g n r^oTrlTn^Lroach . 8PaC6; ^ ^^-^"f S?3^$%&,> & 
on, aegree, or relation , approach ; proximity, ing, parks, and mills. B. Careu; Survey of Cornwall. 
Apricot (Pr 
pubescent, orange-colored fruit, of a rich aro- 
matic flavor, the produce of a tree of the plum 
kind, Prunus Armeniaca, natural order Bosacea;. 
Its specific name is due to the belief that it is a native of 
Armenia, but it is now supposed to be of Chinese origin. 
