Apatura 
Apatura (ap-a-tu'rji), . [NL., < Gr. 'Airarovpt/ 
(also 'AiTciTovpoi;, -Tovpia), an epithet of Aphrodite, 
as presiding at the festival called Aputuria.] 
A genus of diurnal lepidopterous insects, be- 
longing to the family \i/iplnilida; containing 
many beautiful butterflies, remarkable for their 
iridescent colors. Tin; purple emperor, A. in'*, is a 
gorgeous British species, one of the most beautiful of the 
Trilic. with ihirk win^s glancing in certain lights into rich 
purplish-blue. It is also called the purple high-flier, from 
its habit of mounting to great elevations. [See cut, p. 255.) 
Apaturia (ap-a-tu'ri-ii), M. ;;/. [LL., < Gr. 'Aira- 
rnrpia (see def.) ; the origin was unknown to an- 
cient writers, the word being crudely explained 
from aitarr/, deceit, with a story to suit ; prob. 
< o- copulative (rt-19) + <j>parpia (see phratrin) 
in some form assimilated to 7rar)?p = E. father, 
or perhaps + irar/ip (in comp. -vmuji) itself.] 
In Gr. hint., an annual festival held in states 
of Ionian origin. At Athens it was celebrated in the 
month of Pyanepsion (November- December), and was a 
reunion of the phratritc or elans, or of all of the same kin. 
in which matters of common interest were settled, and 
children bora within the year were formally received and 
registered. The festival lasted three days, and was ob- 
served by feasting, sacrifices, and other formalities. 
apaumee, n. See appanmee. 
apayt, appayt (a-pa'), v. t. [< ME. apayen, 
apaien, etc., < OF. apaier, apayer, apaer = Pr. 
apagar, apaiar, appease, < L. ad, to, + pacare, 
pacify, < pax (pac-), peace : see -H and pay, 
and cf. appease. ] 1. To pay; satisfy; content. 
Hin ne'er gives a fee ; 
He gratis comes, and thou art v/e\\-appay'd, 
As well to hear as grant what he hath said. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 914. 
2. To requite ; repay. 
Appay his wrong with timely vengeance. Qiiarlr'*. 
ape (ap), n. [< ME. <ipe, < AS. apa = Fries, apa 
= D. aap (pi. open) = LG. pe=OHG. affo, MHG. 
affe, G. aj/'e = Icel. apt = Sw. apa = Dan. abe, ape ; 
not a native Teut. word, but prob. (like IT. Gael. 
ap, apa, W. ab, epa, OBohem. op, mod. Bohem. 
opice, Sloven, opica, Upper Serbian vopica, 
OBuss. opica, Russ. ooeziyana) borrowed in very 
early times (appar. with loss of orig. initial k) 
from the East; cf. Gr. K^TTOC, also Kqfiof, Keiiroc. 
(see Cebiw), Skt. kapi, ape. The Skt. name is 
usually referred to Skt. \f *kap, kamp, tremble.] 
1. A monkey; a quadrumanous animal ; some 
animal of the old order Quadrumana ; a member 
of one of the modern families Simiidte, Cynopi- 
thecidw, and Cebida;, especially one which at- 
tracts attention by mimicking man. 2. More 
specifically, a tailless monkey ; a monkey with 
a very short tail; amagot, maeaque,orpig-tailed 
baboon : as, the Barbary ape (Inuus ecaudatus) ; 
the Celebes black ape (Cynopifhecus niger). 
3. Technically, a man-like monkey; a simian 
proper, or a member of the modern family 
Simiidce, forming a kind of connecting link be- 
tween man and the lower animals, and hence 
termed anthropoid (which see). These apes are 
catarrhine simians without cheek-pouches or developed 
tail, and having a dental formula identical with that of 
man. The species are few, being only the gorilla, chim- 
panzee, orangs, and gibbons. 
4. An imitator ; a mimic. 
O sleep, thou ape of death. Shak., Cymbeline, ii. 2. 
If be be glad, she trinmplis ; if he stir, 
She moves his way, in all things his sweet ape ; . . . 
Himself divinely varied without change. 
Chapman, Gentleman Usher, iv. 1. 
5. A mischievous or silly mimic ; hence, a fool ; 
a dupe. 
Thus she maketh Absolon hir ape. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 203. 
Hoys, ape*, braggarts, Jacks, milksops ! 
Shak., Much Ado, v. 1. 
Barbary ape, the tailless ape or magot of Barbary, Maca- 
c.uts tnwu, now Inuun ecaudatus, a member of the family 
Cynopithec.iclw and subfamily Cynopitheciiue. Though l>e- 
longing to the same division of the eatarrhine monkeys 
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living representative of its tribe within European limits. 
To lead apes In hell, the employment jocularly as- 
si^iifl to old maids in the next unrld. 
I must dance barefoot on her wedc 
And, for your love to her, /<</ "i" *' '" 
Mnk.. 'I', of the. s., ii. 1. 
To put an ape In one's hood*, to play a trick upon 
one ; dupe one. Chaucer. To say an ape's paternos- 
tert, ty chatter with cold. 
ape (ap), r. t. ; pret. and pp. aped, ppr. iijiiiig. 
[< upc, >t.] To imitate servilely; mimic, as an 
ape imitates human actions. 
Cumc on the stripling ! How he apes his sire ! 
Ambitiously sententious. Addition, Cato, i. 2. 
I regret 
That I should ape the ways of pride. 
Bryant, The Yellow Violet. 
= Syn. Mimic, etc. See i in ilnlr. 
apeak (a-pek'), prep. plir. as adv. or . [For- 
merly also apeek; < a 3 + peak, a point ; after F. 
d pic, vertically.] Naut., in a nearly vertical 
position or relation ; pointing upward, or in an 
up-and-down direction. An anchor is said to lie 
atH'tilf, and a ship to be hove, apeak, when the cable and 
ship are brought, by the tightening of the former, as nearly 
into a perpendicular line with the anchor as may be with- 
out breaking it from the ground. A yard or gaff is apeak 
when it hangs obliquely to the mast. Oars are apeak when 
their blades are held obliquely upward, as in a boat with 
an awning, while the crew are awaiting the order to 
"give way." 
ape-baboon (ap'ba-bon*), n. A macaque 
Barbary Ape (/units tcauctatus). 
as the baboons, this ape is notable for its intelligence 
and docility, and has been the "showman's ape "from time 
immemorial. From the circumstance that it inhabits the 
Rock of Gibraltar it acquires additional interest as the only 
(which see). 
ape-bearer (ap'bar'er), n. A strolling buffoon 
with an ape. [Bare.] 
I know this man well : he hath been since an ape-fearer. 
Shak., W. T., iv. 2. 
Apedicellata (a-ped"i-se-la'tii), n. pi. [NL., < 
Gr. a- priv. + NL. pedicellus, pedicel, + -ata.] 
An order of echinoderms in Corner's system of 
classification. See Gephyrea. 
apedom (ap'dum), n. [< ape + -dom.] The 
state of being an ape, or of being apish. 
This early condition of apedom. 
De Quincey, Works, XIV. 85. 
apehood (ap'hud), . [< ape + -hood.'] Same 
as apedom. 
There's a dog-faced dwarf 
That get* to godship somehow, yet retains 
His apehood. ftrmpning. 
apeiret, i'. A Middle English spelling of appair. 
apelet (ap'let), n. [< ape + -let.] A young or 
little ape: as, "her apelet playing about her," 
Spectator. [Bare.] 
apellous (a-pel'us), o. [< Gr. a- priv. + L. 
. pellis, a skin.] Destitute of skin. 
ape-man (ap'man), . A name given to a hy- 
pothetical ape-like man, or speechless primi- 
tive man, intermediate in character between 
the highest anthropoid apes and human beings, 
and conjectured by Haeckel to have been the 
progenitor of the human race. See Alalvs. 
Apennine (ap'e-nin), a. [< L. Apenninus, also 
Appenninus,Apeninus (sc. mons, mountain), an 
adj. formed, perhaps, from a Celtic word seen 
in Bret, penn = W. pen = Ir. benn = Gael, beinn, 
a head, height, mountain : see benS.] Appella- 
tive of or pertaining to a chain of mountains 
which extends throughout Italy from the Mari- 
time Alps to the southern extremity of the pe- 
ninsula. 
apepsia (a-pep'sia), . [NL., < Gr. aireil>ia, < 
an-Enrof, undigested, < a- priv. + m Trrof , digested, 
cooked, < KevTetv, digest, cook: see peptic.'] 
Defective digestion ; indigestion ; dyspepsia. 
apepsy (a-pep'si), . Same as apepsia. 
aper (a'per), n. One who apes. 
apercu (a-per-su'), . [F., glance, sketch, out- 
line, < aperqu, pp. of apercevoir, perceive, de- 
scry, discover : see appereeive.] 1. Aflrstview; 
a hasty glance; a rapid survey. 2. A sum- 
mary exposition ; a brief outline ; a sketch. 
Twenty pages suffice to impart the elements of Chinese 
writing ; and a short apercu of the literary history of the 
country is added to the volume. Science, III. 760. 
3. A detached view ; an isolated perception of 
or insight into a subject, as into a system of 
philosophy. 
At best Hegelism can be apprehended only by apercut, 
and those who try to explain its bottom secret* have not 
got it. O. S. Hall, German Culture, p. 157. 
aperea (ap-e-re'a), n. [NL.] A name of the 
restless cavy, Cavia aperea. 
aperient (a-pe'ri-ent), a. and n. [< L. aperi- 
en(t-)s, ppr. of aperire, open, uncover (opposed 
to operire, close, cover, in comp. co-operire, 
cover, > ult. E. corer, q. v.), < a for ab, off, 
away (operire, < o- for ob, to), + -perire, prob. 
identical with -perire in romperirc, ascertain, re- 
perire, find, being the form in comp. of parere, 
parire, get, produce, bring forth: see parmt. 
aperture 
Cf. npirt.] I. a. In nied., gently purgative; 
having the quality of opening the bowels; lax- 
ative ; deobstruent. 
II. w. A medicine which gently opens the 
bowels ; a laxative. 
Also n peri tire. 
aperiodic (a-pe-ri-od'ik), a. [< Gr. a- priv. (a-18) 
+ periiidir.'] Without periodicity. 
An intermediate stage called the iipi-rimlir state is pass- 
ed through. Encjic. lln'l., X. 50. 
Aperiodic galvanometer. See uatraimmrirr. 
aperispermic (a-per-i-sper'mik), a. [< Gr. a- 
priv. (- 18 ) + perisprnn + -;>.] In bot., a term 
descriptive of a seed that contains no albumen 
(perisperm) ; exalbuminous. 
aperispermous (a-per-i-sper'mus), . [< Gr. d- 
priv. (a- 18 ) + perisperm + -ous."\ In fio/.,same 
as aperispermic. 
aperitive (a-per'i-tiv), a. and . [Formerly also 
ii/ipcritive, operative, after F. ojjeri'ri/'=It. iipi-ri- 
tiro, < ML. aperitirus; fuller form of afifrlirr. 
q. v.] Same as aperient. 
A per Set. [L. ; cf. typerse: see ampersand."] 
1. A by itself; a as a letter or word. 2. A 
person or thing of preeminent excellence; Al. 
Chaucer. 
Behold me, Baldwin, A per .-' of my age, 
Lord Richard N'evill, carle by marriage 
Of Warwick. Mir. for Mags. , p. 371. 
apertt (a-pert'), a. [< ME. apcrt, aperte, < OF. 
apert, < L. (ipertus, pp. of aperire, open: see 
aperient.] Open; evident; undisguised: as, 
"apert confessions," Fotherby, Atheomastix, p. 
358. 
The proceedings may be apert, and ingenuous, and can- 
did, and avowable. Donne, -Devotions. 
apertt (a-pert'), adv. [< ME. aperte, apert; from 
the adj.] Openly. Chaucer. 
apertiont (a-per'shon), w. [< L. apertio(n-), < 
aperire, pp. apertus, open: see aperient.] 1. 
The act of opening ; the state of being opened. 
[Bare.] 
Either by ruption or apertion. Wisfinan, Surgery. 
2. An opening ; a gap ; an aperture ; a pas- 
sage. 
A iH'1-tinHx, under which terra I do comprehend doors, 
windows, staircases in short, all inlete or outlets. 
Sir a. Wotton, Remains, p. 33. 
Apertirostra (a-per-ti-ros'trii), n. [NL., < L. 
aj>ertux, open (see apert), -)- rostrum, beak.] 
Same as Anastomus, 1. Vatid de Patte. 
apertiyet (a-per'tiv), a. [< F. apertif, < ML. 
apertivim, < L. apertus, pp. of aperire: see api-ri 
and -ive.] 1. Open; manifest. 2. Aperient. 
apertlyt ( a-pert 'B), adv. Openly. 
In all their discourses of him [Richard III.] they never 
directly nor indirectly, covertly or apertly, insinuate this 
deformity. Sir ft Buck, Hist. Rich. III., p. 79. 
apertnesst (a-pert'nes), n. Openness; frank- 
ness. 
apertometer (ap-er-tom'e-ter), n. [Irreg. < ap- 
ert(ure) + Gr. utrpov, a measure.] An instru- 
ment used to measure the angular aperture of 
the object-glass of a microscope. 
Prof. Abbe has also made an important contribution to 
the practical part of this inquiry by the invention of an 
apertometer. W. B. Carpenter, Micros. , Appendix, p. 850. 
apertort (a-per'tor), n. [L., an opener, a be- 
ginner, < aperire, pp. apertus, open : see aperi- 
ent.] In anat., that which opens; specifically, 
a muscle that raises the upper eyelid. 
apertural (ap'er-tur-al), a. [< aperture + -/.] 
Of, pertaining to, or containing apertures. 
[Bare.] 
The inferior or a-pe.rtural side. 
K. R. Lankester, Eueyc. Brit., XIX. 847. 
aperture (ap'er-tur), w. [< L. apertura, an open- 
ing, < apertus, pp. of aperire, open: see apert 
and aperient.] If. The act of opening out or 
unfolding. 
Made . . . difficult by the aperture and dissolution of 
distinctions. 
Jer. Taylor, Worthy Communicant, Int., p. 8. 
2. An opening; a hole, orifice, gap, cleft, or 
chasm; a passage or perforation; any direct 
way for ingress or egress. 
An aperture between the mountains. 
W. GUpin, Tour to Lakes. 
3. In geom., the space between two intersect- 
ing right lines. 4. In optics, the diameter of 
the exposed part of the object-glass in a tele- 
scope or other optical instrument. The aper- 
ture of a microscope is often expressed in degrees ; and in 
this case it is called the annular aperture, that is, the 
angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instru- 
ment transmits from the object or point viewed : as, a 
microscope of 100 aperture. Abdominal apertures. 
See abdomen, 1. Aperture-sight (as of a rifle), another 
name for the open bead-sight. Branchial aperture. 
See branchial. 
