v. t. [ LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope. ] (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archbishop. an archepiscopal see
Syn. -- archiepiscopal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopacy. ] 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or dignity of an archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. archi- + episcopal. ] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopate. ] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba. ] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [ Written also capivi. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

[ Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero. ] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Coparcenaries [ Pref. co- + parcenary ] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. co- + parcener. ] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. of Coparcenary. ] (Law) An equal share of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Compart ] To share. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For, of all miserias, I hold that chief
Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A compartment. [ Obs. ] T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer. [ 1913 Webster ]

the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Copartneries the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. completely satisfactory.
Syn. -- copesetic, copesettic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic. John O'Hara

a. [ Formed fr. cop, in imitation of captain. See Cop, Captain. ] Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint patriot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Episcopate. ] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopal. See Bishop. ] 1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bishop. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Episcopal. [ R. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopat. See Bishop. ] 1. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of bishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a bishop's rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Episcopated p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating. ] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kw`ph an oar. ] (Zool.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setæ only in the cephalic appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Leuco- + Gr. pa`schein, paqei^n to suffer. ] The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scopae, scopa, a broom. ] (Zool.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Syncopated p. pr. & vb. n. Syncopating. ] [ LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See Syncope. ] 1. (Gram.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, “Gloster” is a syncopated form of “Gloucester.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cutting wood; xy`lon wood + &unr_; to cut. ] (Zool.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter. -- Xy*loc"o*pine a. [1913 Webster]