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adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + gape. ] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Agapæ [ Gr. 'aga`ph love, pl. 'aga`pai. ] The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends.
Syn. -- amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Photog.) A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin containing silver bromide and chloride. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. anapaestus, Gr. &unr_; an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. &unr_;; 'ana` back + &unr_; to strike. ] 1. (Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (˘ ˘ -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d&ebreve_;-&ibreve_;-tās, and in English in-ter-vene&bprime_;, are examples of anapests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A verse composed of such feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anapaesticus, Gr. 'anapaistiko`s. ] Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n. Anapestic measure or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anapestic. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Horol.) (a) The common recoil escapement. (b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa. ] 1. (Zool.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dupe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aped; p. pr. & vb. n. Aping. ] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. “How he apes his sire.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. à pic vertically. ] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak. [ Spelt also apeek. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being an ape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + L. pellis skin. ] Destitute of skin. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. apepsia, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; uncooked, undigested; 'a priv. + &unr_; cooked, &unr_; to cook, digest. ] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aperçus /plu>. [ F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive. ] 1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. W. T. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. James Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover, Overt. ] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. apéritif, fr. L. aperire. ] Serving to open; aperient. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See Aperient, and cf. Pert, a. ] Open; evident; undisguised. [ Archaic ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apertio. ] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [ Archaic ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly; clearly. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Openness; frankness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apertura, fr. aperire. See Aperient. ] 1. The act of opening. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Aperies. 1. A place where apes are kept. [ R. ] Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + petal. ] (Bot.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [ See Illust. under Anther ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being apetalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Apexes L. Apices [ L. ] 1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Apex of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Botany) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burning paper are often inhaled as an alleviative by asthmatics. [ Archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. magnetic tape for use in recording sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a tape recording of sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. whap blow. ] To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Shaped like an awl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a sphere.
Syn. -- global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Bot.) A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) See Neaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj.Very angry; very disturbed. [ PJC ]

A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from a freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) See Cymbiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Bot.) A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum. [ 1913 Webster ]