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Anxious (ăṉkshŭs), a. [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. 'agchein to choke. See .] 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
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2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.
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The sweet of life, from which
God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton.
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3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
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He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay.
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Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.
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Syn. -- Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.
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Anxiously, adv. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
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Anxiousness, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
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Any (�), a. & pron. [OE. æniȝ, æni, eni, ani, oni, AS. ǣnig, fr. ān one. It is akin to OS. ēnig, OHG. einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See .] 1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
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☞ Any is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any time; I ask any one to answer my question.
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No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. Matt. xi. 27.
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2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? “Who will show us any good?” Ps. iv. 6.
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It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons.
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, . . . and it shall be given him. Jas. i. 5.
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That if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. Acts ix. 2.
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Coloq. At any rate , Coloq. In any case , whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.
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Any, adv. To any extent; in any degree; at all.
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You are not to go loose any longer. Shak.
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Before you go any farther. Steele.
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Anybody (�), n. 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
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His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay.
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2. A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.]
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All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev.
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Anyhow (�), adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
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Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman.
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Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.
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Anyone (�), n. One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.]
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Anything (�), n. 1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
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Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope.
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They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.
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2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [Colloq. or Lowx]
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I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson.
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☞ Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. “Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing.” De Foe.
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Coloq. Anything but , not at all or in any respect. “The battle was a rare one, and the victory anything but secure.” Hawthorne. -- Coloq. Anything like , in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials.
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Anything, adv. In any measure; anywise; at all.
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Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Anythingarian (�), n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
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{ Anyway (�), Anyways (�), } adv. Anywise; at all. Tennyson. Southey.
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Anywhere (�), adv. In any place. Udall.
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Anywhither (�), adv. To or towards any place. [Archaic] De Foe.
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Anywise (�), adv. In any wise or way; at all. “Anywise essential.” Burke.
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Aonian (�ōnĭan), a. [From Aonia, a part of Bœotia, in Greece.] Pertaining to Aonia, in Bœotia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.
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Coloq. Aonian fount , the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.
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Aorist (ā�rĭst), n. [Gr. 'aoristos indefinite; 'a priv. + orizein to define, � boundary, limit.] (Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
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Aoristic (�), a. [Gr. 'aoristikos.] Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.
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Aorta (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to lift, heave.] (Anat.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
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☞ In fishes and the early stages of all higher vertebrates the aorta divides near its origin into several branches (the aortic arches) which pass in pairs round the œsophagus and unite to form the systemic aorta. One or more pairs of these arches persist in amphibia and reptiles, but only one arch in birds and mammals, this being on the right side in the former, and on the left in the latter.
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aortal adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to the aorta.
Syn. -- aortic
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Aortic (�), a. Of or pertaining to the aorta.
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Aortitis (�), n. [Aorta + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the aorta.
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Aotus n. 1. 1 a genus of nocturnal South American monkeys with large eyes; the owl monkeys; the douroucoulis. See .
Syn. -- genus Aotus.
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Aoudad (�), n. [The Moorish name.] (Zoöl.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus lervia, formerly Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs; the wild sheep of northern Africa; -- called also Barbary sheep. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
Syn. -- aoudad, arui, Barbary sheep, maned sheep.
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Apace (�), adv. [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See .] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
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His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser.
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A visible triumph of the gospel draw� on apace. I. Taylor.
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Apaches (�), n. pl.; sing. Apache (�). (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
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Apagoge (�), n. [Gr. � a leading away, fr. � to lead away; � from + � to lead.] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
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{ Apagogic (�), Apagogical (�), } a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.
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Apaid (�), a. Paid; pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Apair (�), v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Apalachian, a. See .
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Apanage, n. Same as .
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Apanthropy (�), n. [Gr. �; � from + � man.] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.
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Apar (�), Apara (�), n. [Native name apara.] (Zoöl.) See .
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Aparejo (�), n. [Sp.] A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
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Aparithmesis (?; 277), n. [Gr. �, from � to count off or over.] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.
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Apart (�), adv. [F. à part; (L. ad) + part part. See .] 1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
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Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton.
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The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.
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2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
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3. Aside; away. “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.” Jas. i. 21.
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Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble.
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4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
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apartheid n. [Afrikaans, fr. D. apart apart + -heid -hood.] 1. segregation by race; -- a term used in South Africa.
Syn. -- racial segregation
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2. the official policy of strict segregation by race practised by the government of the Union of South Africa up to 1993.
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Apartment (�), n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See .] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.
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2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey.
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3. A compartment. [Obs.] Pope.
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4. A room or suite of rooms in a building comprising a dwelling unit separate from others in the building, and typically having its own separate bath, sanitary, and kitchen facilities. Such apartments are in most cases rented from the owner by those dwelling in them.
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Coloq. efficiency apartment , a small apartment{4}, sometimes furnished, with minimal kitchen and bath facilities. The unit may comprise a single room plus a bathroom, and the kitchen facilities are often open to the main room, or may form a small niche in a corner. There are many variations of efficiency apartment, including some in which furnishings such as a bed may be pull out from a wall recess and stored there again when not in use. Also called an efficiency.
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Apartment house. A building comprising a number of lving units (apartments{4}) designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; contrasted to a . Sometimes distinguished in the United States from a flat house, in which each living unit comprises one entire floor, whereas in an apartment house a floor may be partitioned into any number of apartments{4}.
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Apartness (�), n. The quality of standing apart.
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Apastron (�), n. [Gr. � from + � star.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.
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Apathetic (�), Apathetical (�) a. [See .] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless. a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older
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2. showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent. an apathetic audience
Syn. -- indifferent
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Apathetically, adv. In an apathetic manner.
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Apathist (�), n. [Cf. F. apathiste.] One who is destitute of feeling.
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Apathistical (�), a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]
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Apathy (�), n.; pl. Apathies (�). [L. apathia, Gr. �; 'a priv. + �, fr. �, �, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See .] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. “The apathy of despair.” Macaulay.
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A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott.
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According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.
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☞ In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.
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Syn. -- Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.
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Apatite (�), n. [Gr. � deceit, fr. � to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.] (Min.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
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Apatosaurus n. 1. 1 a genus of extinct dinosaurs comprising the brontosaurs; apatosaurs.
Syn. -- genus Apatosaurus.
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Apatura n. 1. 1 a genus of large Old World butterflies.
Syn. -- genus Apatura.
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Apaumé (�), n. See .
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Ape (āp), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zoöl.) 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.
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☞ The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.
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2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron.
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3. A dupe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ape, 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.
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The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.
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Apeak (�), 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.]
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Apehood (�), n. The state of being an ape.
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Apellous (�), a. [Pref. a- not + L. pellis skin.] Destitute of skin. Brande & C.
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Apennine (�), a. [L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.
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Apepsy (�), n. [NL. apepsia, fr. Gr. �, fr. � uncooked, undigested; 'a priv. + � cooked, � to cook, digest.] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe.
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Aper (�), n. One who apes.
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Aperçu (ȧpârsụ), n.; pl. Aperçus (-sụ). [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.
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The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. W. T. Harris.
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A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. James Ward.
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2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
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Aperea (�), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
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Aperient (�), a. [L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. , .] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food. Arbuthnot.
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Aperitive (�), a. [Cf. F. apéritif, fr. L. aperire.] Serving to open; aperient. Harvey.
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Apert (�), a. [OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See , and cf. , a.] Open; evident; undisguised. [Archaic] Fotherby.
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Apert, adv. Openly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Apertion (�), n. [L. apertio.] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [Archaic] Wiseman.
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Apertly, adv. Openly; clearly. [Archaic]
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Apertness, n. Openness; frankness. [Archaic]
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Aperture (?; 135), n. [L. apertura, fr. aperire. See .] 1. The act of opening. [Obs.]
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2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
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An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin.
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The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen.
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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.
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☞ 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.
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Apery (�), n.; pl. Aperies. 1. A place where apes are kept. [R.] Kingsley.
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2. The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge.
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