Ape, v. a.
- 1. Mimic (in good sense), imitate, counterfeit, take the form or appearance of.
- 2. Mimic, (in bad sense), copy with servility, affect, imitate with effort, imitate futilely.
Aperient, a (Med.) Laxative, deobstruent loosening.
Aperient, n. (Med.) Laxative, laxative medicine
Aperture, n. Opening, hole, perforation, gap, cleft, rift, chasm, orifice, passage, eye, eyelet, loop-hole
Apex, n. Top, summit, acme, zenith, pinnacle, highest point, culminating point, utmost height.
Aphis, n. [pl. Aphides.] Plant-louse, vinefretter, puceron.
Aphorism, n Maxim, adage, proverb, saying, dictum, saw, apothegm, byword, sententious precept.
Apiarist, n. Bee-breeder, bee-keeper, bee-student, keeper of an apiary, bee-master, apiarian.
Apiary, n. Bee-house, beehive-frame, bee-stand, bee-shed.
Apiece, ad. Severally, for each, each.
Apish, a.
- 1. Imitative (in a servile manner), mimicking.
- 2. Affected, foppish, trifling.
Aplomb, n. [Fr.] Self-possession, self-balance, self-confidence, collectedness, self-poise, assurance.
Apocalypse, n. Revelation, prophecy of St. John.
Apocalyptic, a.
- 1. In or from the Revelation.
- 2. Prophetic, mystic, mystical, mysterious, revelatory of mysteries.
Apocryphal, a. Unauthentic, legendary, uncanonical, of doubtful authority, fictitious, false, equivocal, dubious, spurious.
Apodeictic, Apodictic, a. Necessarily universal, absolutely certain, demonstrative, unquestionable, infallibly so, beyond contradiction, beyond peradventure.
Apollyon, n. The Destroyer, Satan, the Arch-fiend, the Devil, Abaddon, the Fiend, the Archenemy, Beelzebub, the Prince of Darkness, the Prince of the Power of the Air.