appease 
1. To bring to a stato of peace; pacify ; quiet 
by allaying anger, indignation, strife, etc. 
o (Jod! if my deep prayers cannot (t/i/'ft-^' tine, 
lint thou wilt be aveng'd on my inisili vds. 
Yet execute tliy wrath mi me alone. 
,:. Uich. III., i. 4. 
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a naming, < appellare, accost, appeal to, name : 
see appeUate, V., and ai>i>ral.] If. The act of 
appealing from a, lower to a higher court or 
authority; appeal. 
2. To allay ; calm, as an excited state of feel- 
ing; remove, as a passion or violent emotion. 
The signori . . . earnestly exhorted the principal citi- 
zens to use their good offices to soothe tile people and dji- 
peaKC the general indignation. J. Adam*, Works, V. 70. 
The function of official priests was to aji/mme the wrath 
of God or purchase Ms favor. 
Tlii-iKlniv riifkff, Sermons, Int. 
3. To assuage or soothe, as bodily pain; satisfy, 
as an appetite or desire: as, to appease the 
smart of a wound, or one's hunger. =Syn. To sat- 
isfy, hush, quell (see list under aUayl); propitiate, concil- 
iate. 
appeasement (a-pez'ment), . [< appease + 
-iiii-itt. Ct'. OF ."(and P.") apaiscment, > ML. ap- 
peisamentttm.] The act of appeasing, or the 
state of being appeased, or in peace ; pacifica- 
tion. [Rare.] 
For its appeasement and mitigation. 
Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 223. 
Being neither in number nor in courage great, partly by 
authority, partly by entreaty, they were reduced to some 
good <i]'ii>'<ix'-/n<'iit. Sir J. Ilayward, Edw. VI., p. 54. 
appeaser (a-pe'zer), n. One who or that which 
appeases or pacifies. 
appeasive (a-pe'ziv), a. [< appease + -4ve.] 
Serving or tending to appease ; mitigating ; 
quieting. 
appel (a-pel'), n. [F. : see appeal, n."] In fen- 
cing, a smart stroke with the blade on the sword 
of an antagonist on the opposite side to that 
which he engaged, generally accompanied with 
a stamp of the foot, used for the purpose of 
procuring an opening. Willielm, Mil. Diet. See 
feint. 
appellability (a-pel-a-bil'i-ti), . [< appella- 
ble: see -bility.] The state or quality of being 
appealable. 
appellable (a-pel'a-bl), a. [< L. as if *appella- 
bilis, < Ofpeuare, appeal: see appeal. Cf. appeal- 
able.] Capable of being appealed ; appealable. 
appellancy (a-pel'an-si), . [< appellant: see 
-cy.] Appeal ; capability of appeal. Todd. 
appellant (a-pel'ant), a. and n. [< F. appelant, 
' L. appellan(t-)s, ppr. of appellare, appeal : see 
appeal, and cf. appealant.] I. a. Appealing; 
relating to appeals ; appellate. 
The first having an appellant jurisdiction over the sec- 
ond. Hallam. 
II. . 1. In law : (a) One who appeals or re- 
moves a cause from a lower to a higher tribu- 
nal. (6f) One who prosecutes another for a 
crime, such as felony or treason. 2. One who 
looks to any tribunal for corroboratiou or vin- 
dication. 3f. One who challenges or summons 
another to single combat. 
This is the day appointed for the combat ; 
And ready are the appellant and defendant. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ii. 3. 
Answer thy appellant, . . . 
Who now defies thee thrice to single tight. 
Stilton, S. A., 1. 1220. 
4. Eccles., one of the French clergy who, in 
the Jansenist controversy, rejected the bull 
Unigenitus, issued in 1713 by Pope Clement 
XI. against Quesnel's " Reflexions morales sur 
le Nouveau Testament," and appealed to the 
pope "better informed," or to a general coun- 
cil. 5. One who appeals or presents a request. 
Each of them is now a humble and earnest appellant 
for the laurel. Swift, Tale of a Tub, Epist. Ded. 
appellate (ap'e-lat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. appel- 
lated, ppr. appellating. [< L. appellatus, pp. 
of appellare, address, appeal to, sue, accuse, 
accost, name: see appeal. ] To call by a name ; 
call; name; entitle. [Rare.] 
The vast Pacific Ocean, commonly . . . apjiettated (as the 
saying is) and annominated the South-sea. 
A. Tttcker, Light of Mature (1765), I. 465. (A r . E. D.) 
appellate (a-pel'at), a. and n. [< L. appellatus, 
pp. : see the verb.] I. a. Pertaining to appeals ; 
having cognizance of appeals : as, an appellate 
court. 
Appellate stands in contradistinction to original juris- 
diction, and as the latter implies that the case must com- 
mence in the Supreme Court, so the former implies that 
the case must commence in an inferior court, not having 
final jurisdiction ; and, therefore, liable to be carried up 
to a higher, for final decision. Calhoun, Works, I. 321. 
H.t n. A person appealed or prosecuted for 
a crime ; an appellee. 
appellation (ap-e-la'shon), n. [= F. appella- 
tion, < L. appellatio(n-), an accosting, an appeal, 
There is such a noise i' the court . . . with their several 
vniees of citations, n fiiii'/titl <'"//\, allegations, eertitlcates, 
etc. . r,.,luxtm, Kpiro-iie. 
2t. The act of appealing for aid, sympathy, etc.; 
entreaty. 3. The act of naming; nomencla- 
ture. 4. The word by which a person or thing 
is called and known; name; title. 5. In ln<ii<; 
the acceptation of a term to denote an existing 
tiling. Formal appellation. See formal. =Syn. 4. 
l>< .v/'//m//m/, etc. (see natui 1 , n.), cognomen, epithet. 
appellative (a-pel'a-tiv), a. and n. [=F. ap- 
pcllntif, < L. appeuativMS, < appellare, name, 
call: see appeal and appellation .] I. a. 1. 
Having the character of an appellation ; serving 
to name or mark out ; serving as a distinctive 
denomination ; denominative : as, hydrochloric 
is a term appellative of a certain acid. 2. In 
gram., common, as applied to a noun ; general; 
denominative of a class : opposed to proper. 
Nor is it likely he [St. Paul] would give the common ap- 
pellatiDe name of "Books" to the divinely inspired writ- 
ings, without any other note of distinction. 
Bp. Bull, Works, II. 401. 
II. n. 1. In gram., a common name in dis- 
tinction from a proper name ; a name standing 
for a whole class : thus, the word man is the 
appellative of the whole human race, fowl of all 
winged animals, tree of all plants of a particu- 
lar class, etc. 2. Title; appellation; nick- 
name. 
There in the rosary] also the blessed Virgin Mary, after 
many glorious appellatiea, is prayed to in these words. 
Jer. Taylor, Diss. from Popery, p. 218. 
appellatively (a-pel'a-tiv-li), adv. In an ap- 
pellative manner; in gram., according to the 
manner of appellative nouns ; in a manner to 
express whole classes or species : as, the name 
Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that 
is, as a common name to signify a strong man. 
appellatiyeness (a-pel 'a-tiv-nes), n. The 
quality of being appellative. Fuller. 
appellatory (a-pel'a-to-ri), a. [< L. appellato- 
rius, < appellaior, an" appellant, < appellare, pp. 
appellatus, appeal: see appeal.] Containing an 
An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the 
party appellant. Ayli/e, Parergon. 
appellee (ap-e-le'), n. [< F. appele (< L. appel- 
latus), pp. ofappeler: see appeal and appellate.] 
In latv, the person against whom an appeal is 
brought ; the respondent in an appeal. 
appellor (a-pel'or), n. [ME. apelour, and by 
apheresis pelonr, < OF. apelour, appelour, ape- 
leur, earlier apeleor, apelor, < L. appellator, ace. 
appellatorem, appellant, < appellare, pp. appel- 
latus, appeal: see appeal.] In law: (a) The 
person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes 
another for crime. [This term is not now ap- 
plied to the plaintiff in appeal from a lower 
court, he being called the appellant.] (b) One 
who confesses a felony, and turns king's or 
state's evidence against his associates. Whar- 
ton. (c) One who challenges a jury. Wnarton. 
appenage, . See appanage. 
append (a-pend'), v. [The intrans. use is the 
earlier, < ME. appenden, apenden, appenten, apen- 
ten, and by apheresis penden, penten,<. OF. apen- 
dre, appendre, hang up, hang by, depend on, ap- 
pertain or belong to; in trans, use mod.,< F. 
appendre, < ML. appendere, intrans., LL. trans., 
hang, L. appendere, adpendere, appendere, weigh, 
consider, < ad, to, + pendere, intrans., hang, 
pendere, trans., hang, weigh : see pendant, poise, 
and cf. depend, dispend, expend, spend, perpend, 
suspend.] I.f intrans. To belong; pertain. 
Holy orisoun . . . appenditli specially to penitence. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
II. trans. 1. To hang or attach as a proper 
Sart, possession, or accompaniment, as a pen- 
ant ; suspend : as, a seal appended to a record. 
If amulets do work . . . upon those parts whereunto 
they are appended. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 5. 
Conceive ... a pig's tall . . . appended to the back of 
the head. Qoldimith, Citizen of the World, iii. 
2. To add, as an accessory to the principal 
thing; subjoin; annex. 
One hundred passages from the fathers appended in the 
notes. J. U. Jfeti'inan, Development of Christ. Doct. , p. 22. 
To hunt out mediocrity and feebleness, and append cor- 
rect dates to their forgotten effusions, is an exercise of 
philanthropy which is likely to be little appreciated. 
Whipple, Ess. and Rev., I. 33. 
= Syn. To join, superadd, affix. 
Appendicularia 
appendage Oi-pen'dilj), n. [< append + -age.] 
1. That which is appended to something as a 
proper part of it; a sub- 
ordinate attached part of 
anything. Specifically - 
(a) In mint, and zmtl., any 
limb, member, or peripheral 
part of the body diverging 
from the axial trunk : an ap- 
pended orappendicular part. 
See cut under -l/v >'<t<>-- 
laria. (b) In hot., any sub- 
sidiary part superadded to 
another part, as hairs and 
glands to a stem or leaf, or 
nectaries ami corona to the 
corolla : applied especially to 
processes of any kind, (c) 
Naut., a small portion of a 
vessel extending beyond the 
general form, as shown by 
the cross-sections and the 
water-sections. 
2. Something added to 
a principal or greater 
thing, though not neces- Appendages. 
Sary to it, as a portico * anther of //</ , 2, flower 
fn a liniian ofboMgej 3. stamen of Alys- 
O a nOUSO. sum: a , a, a, appendages. 
Modesty is the appendaae 
of sobriety, and is to chastity, to temperance, and to hu- 
mility, as the fringes are to a garment. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living. 
In case of a union, the smaller kingdom would be con- 
sidered only as an appendaije, and sacrificed to the in- 
terests of the larger. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 3. 
= Syn. Adjunct, attachment, appurtenance, addition, con- 
comitant. 
appendance, appendence (a-pen'dans, -dens), 
n. [< F. appendance, < appendre : see append, 
appcndant, and -ance.] 1. The condition of 
being appendant. [Rare.] 2f. Something an- 
nexed; an appendage. 
High titles, rich coats, long pedigrees, large revenues, 
. . . the just . . . appendances of civil greatness. 
Bp. IlaU, Remains, p. 29. 
appendancyt, appendencyt (a -pen 'dan -si, 
-den-si), n. [< appendant, -ent: "see -cy.] The 
condition of being appendant. 
Abraham bought the whole field, and by right of appen- 
dency had the cave with it. Spelman, De Sepultura, p. 176. 
appendant, appendent (a-pen'dant, -dent), a. 
and . [< F. appendant, ppr. of appendre : see 
append.] I. a. 1. Hanging to; annexed; at- 
tached; concomitant: as, a seal appendant to 
a paper. 2. In law, appended to something by 
prescription: applied to a right or privilege 
attached to a principal inheritance : thus, in 
England, an advowson, that is, the right of pa- 
tronage or presentation, is said to be appen- 
dant or annexed to the possession of a manor. 
Appendant advowson. See advowson, 2. Common 
appendant. See common, n., 4. 
II. n. That which belongs to another thing, 
as incidental or subordinate to it ; an adjunct ; 
a dependency. 
appendical(a-pen'di-kal), a. [< appendix (-die-) 
+ -al.] Of tie nature of an appendix. N. E. D. 
appendicatet (a-pen'di-kat), v. t. [< appendix 
(-die-) + -ate 2 .] To append ; add to : as, "divers 
things appendicated. Sir M. Hale. 
appendicationt (a-pen-di-ka'shon), n. [< a p- 
pendicate + -ion.] An appendage or adjunct. 
Sir M. Hale. 
appendicatory (a-pen'di-ka-to-ri), a. [< ap- 
pendicate + -ory."\ Pertaining to or of the na- 
ture of an appendix. W. Taylor. 
appendices, n. Plural of appendix. 
appendicle (a-pen'di-kl), n. [< L. appcndicula, 
dim. of appendix : see appendix.] A small ap- 
pendage. 
appendicular (ap-en-dik'u-lar), a. [< NL. ap- 
pendicularius,<.ii. appendicuta : see appendicle.] 
Having the character of an appendicle ; appen- 
diculate : specifically, in anat., opposed to axial : 
thus, the whole skeleton of a vertebrate is di- 
vided into the axial and the appendicular skele- 
tons, the latter being that of the limbs or appen- 
The Endoskelcton is divided into an axial portion, be- 
longing to the head and trunk, and an ap2>endicular por- 
tion, belonging to the limbs. 
W. II. Flower, Osteology, p. 9. 
Appendicularia (ap-en-dik-u-la'ri-ii), n. [NL., 
fern, of appcndicularius : see appendicular.'] 1. 
The typical genus of the family Appendicula- 
riida;. A. fabellum is about one fifth of an inch long, 
exclusive of the tail, with an oval or flask-shaped body, and 
has the power of rapidly secreting a mucilaginous cuticiilar 
investment in which it becomes incased. 
2. [/. c. ; pi. appendieularia; (-e).] A member 
of the above genus. 
The simplest members of the [ascidian] group, and those 
the structure of which is most readily comprehensible, 
are the Appendicularice ; minute pelagic organisms, which 
