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Show AP AP APE'RITIVE. adj. [from aperio, Lat. to Predeunle, love of mankind, p fr e r f r w [ v a A T t A d motion.] With quick palpitat Wan open.] That which has the quality o of love to mankind opening the excrementitious paffages of A'rroNY. 7. [ [&, without, and @dvm fpeech.] A lofs of {peech the body Luincy They may make, broth, with the addition o aperitive herbs Harwey Are'RT. adj. [apertus, Lat.] Open ArE'RTION. 2. /. [from apertus, Lat. 3. An opening; a paffage through an thing ; a gap The next now in order are the apertions 5 unde which tetrm I do comprchend doors, windows {taircafes, chimneys, or other conduits : in fhort all inlets or outlets Wotton 2. The a& of opening; or ftate of bein opened The plenitud of veflels, otherwif calle th plethora, when it happens, caufeth an extravafation of blood, either by ruption or apertion of them Wifeman Are'RTLY, adv. [aperté, Lat.] Openly without covert Arz'RTNESS. 7. /. [from apert.] Opennefs The freedom, or apertrefs and vigour of pro nouncing and the clofenefs of mufiling an la zinefs of fpeaking, render the found different Holder A'PERTURE. 7. /. [from apertus, open. 1. The aé of opening is eafier than from one appulfe to another Holder 2. An open place If memory be made by the eafy motion of th {pirits. through the opened paffages, images, without doubt, pafs through the fame apertures Glanville 3. The hole next the obje&t glafs of a telefcope or microfcope The concave metal bore an aperture of an.inch but the epertare was limited by an opaque circle Neavton's Opticks 4. Enlargement ; explanation: a fenfe feldom found It is too muc untwifted by the doors and like philofophy, made intricate by explications and difficult by the aperture and diffolution of diftinétions Taylor Are'trarLous. adj.[of« priv. and weranos a leaf.] Without petala or flower leaves Are‘TarlousnNEess. . f [from apetalous. Being without leaves A°PEX. n. /. apices, plur. [Lat.] The ti or point of any thing "L'he apex, or lefler end of it, is broken off W oodward ‘APH_F'RESIS n. [. [o'a@xfgsm;_. A figur in grammar, that takes away a letter o fyllable from the beginning of a word APHE'LION. n. /. aphelia, plar. [fro &no, and 7A:®, the fun. That part o the orbit of a planet, in which it is a the point remoteft from the fun The rcaion why the comet mov not in t zodiack is, that, in their apbelia, they may be a the greateft diftances from one another; and con fzquently difturb one another's motions ‘the leaf that may be Cheyne APHE'TA. ». /. [with aftrologers. Th name of the planet, which is imagine to be the giver or difpofer of life in nativity Di Arue'ricar. adj. [from apheta.] Relating to the apheta APHILA'NTHROPY. 2./. [4, without, an n. [a'cQDogm‘u,ég-] maxi back: agad, my heart has gone apitpar for You a precept contracted in a fhort {entence an unconneéted pofition He will eafily difcern how little of truth ther is in the multitude ; and, though fometime they are flattered with that aphorifm, will tlardl believe the voice of the people to be the voice o Brown's Vulgar Errours God 1 fhall at prefent confider the apborifm, ' that ma of religion and virtue is 2 more ufeful an confequently a more valuable, member of a com R?gers munity Aruort'sTicat. adj. [from aphorifm. In the form of an aphorifm ; in {eparat ~ and unconnedted fentences APHORI'STICALLY. adv. [from aphori/tical.] In the form of an aphorifm Thefe being carried down feldom mifs a cure as Hippocrates doth likeways aphoriffically tell us Harwey Aruropisi'acar. | adj. [from "Agpodiln Aruropisi'ack. § Venus.] Relating t the venereal difeafe A'prary. n. [ [from apis, Lat. a bee. 'The place where bees are kept Thofe wh Hence arifeth the facility of joining aconfonan to a vowel, becaufe from an appulfe to an apertur perforated in the middle A'PHORISM are fkilled in bees, whe they fee foreign {warm approaching to plunder their hives have a trick to divert them into fome neighbourin apiary, there to make what havock they pleafe Savift API'CES of a flower. [ Lat. from apex, th top.] Little knobs that grow on the top of the ftamina, in the middle of a flower They are commonly of a dark purplif colour. By the microfcope they hav been difcovered to be a fort of capful Jeminales, or {eed vefels, containing i them fmall globular, and often oval par ticles, of various colours fitely formed an exquiQuincy Ar1'EcE. adv. [from a for each, and piece or fhare.] To the part or thare of each Men in whofe mouths at firft founded nothin but mortification, were come to think that the might lawfully have fix or feven wives apiece Hooker T have to-night difpatched fixteen bufineffes, month's length apiece, by an abftra@ of fuccefs Shakefpeare One copy of this paper may ferve a dozen o you, whichwillbe lefs than a farthing apiece. Swifr A'pPisH. adj. [from ape. 1. Having the qualities of an ape ; imitative Limps after, in bafe aukward imitation Siakefp 2. Foppifh ;. affeted Becaufe I cannot flatter, and look fair Duck with French nods, and apifb courtefy I muft be held a rancorous enemy 3. Silly 5 trifling ; infignificant Shake[peare All this is but apifp fophiitry; and, to give i a name divine and excellent, is abufive and unjuft 4. Wanton ; playful Glanwille enfign carried in fea veflels The one holds a fword in her hand, to Yeptefens the Tliad ; as the other has an aplufbre, to repr Addijbn fent the Odyfley, or voyage of Ulyfies APO'CALYPSE. #. /. [from amoxariny Revelation ; difcovery : aword ufed onl of the facred writings O for that warning voice, which he who fa Th' apocalypfe heard cry in heav'n aloud. Mij hc Fa th o r gl th of n r t th Wit compare the throne of the Son of God, as feen i: the apocalypfe Burnet's Theory of the Eaptf ArocaLY PTICAL Concernin velation adj. [froma'poc'alypfe revelation; containing re If we could underftand that fcene, at the opep ing of this apocalyptical theatre,, we fhould findi a reprefentation of the majefty of our Saviour Burnet's Theory of the Earth ArocaLY'PTICALLY. adv. [from ap calyptical.] In fuch a manner as tore ‘veal fomething fecret APO'COPE. n. [a'm'oxo?r'))..] A figure i grammar, when the laft letter or fyllabl of a word is taken away ; as, ingeni, fo ingenii 3 apoplex, for apoplexy APOCRU'STICK. adj. [amoxpbewa, fro amoxpzw t drive. Remedie endue with a repelling and aftringent power by which they prevent the too grea afflux of humours Chambers APO'CRYPHA . /. [from &moseinlu, t put out of fight.] Books not publickl communicated ; books whofe authors ar not Known I is ufed for the book appended to the facred writings, which bein garded of doubtfu authors, are lefs re We hold not the apocrypha for facred, as wed the holy feripture, but for human compofitions Hooker ArO'cRYPHAL adj. [from apocrypha. 1. Not canonical ; of uncertain authority Jerom, who faith that all writings not canonical are apocrypbal, ufes not the title apocrypbala the reft of the fathers ordinarily have done, whof cuftom is fo to name, for the moft part, only fuc as might not publickly be read or divulged, Huker z. Contained in the apocrypha To fpeak of her in the words of the apacrypha writers, wifdom is glorious, and never fadet Addifon 3. It is fometimes ufed for an account o uncertain credit Aro'crYrHALLY. adv. {from apucty phal.] Uncertainly ; not indifputably Aro'crYrPHALNESS. 2 /4 [from apocryphal.] Uncertainty ; doubtfulnefs of credit Aropi'cricar. adj. [from émédukis, e dent truth; demonftration.] Demonftrative ; evident beyond contradiétion CGloomy fits the queen Till happy chance reverts the cruel fcene And apib folly, with her wild refor Of wit and jeft, difturbs the folemn court APLU'STRE. . £ [Latin.] The ancion Con, away Report of fathions in proud Italy Whofe manners ftill our tardy api/b natio Holding an apodi&tical knowiedge, and an aff knowledg Prior A'PISHLY. adv. [from apifb.] In an apit jmanner 5 foppifhly ; conceitedly A'PISHNESS. 72 /. [from api/b.] Mimickry foppery; infignificance; playfulnefs O there he comes-Welcome my bully of it; verily, to perfuade their appie henfions otherwife, were to make an Euclid believe that there were more than one centrein Browwn's Vulgar Errirs circle We can fay all at the number three; therefo the' world is ‘perfe@ followed him Tobit went, and his dt; therefore there is a world i i DIAE moon, Weke an argument as apedictical Glane APO g |