A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
A posteriori () Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
Apostil (n.) Alt. of Apostille
Apostille (n.) A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.
Apostle (n.) Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
Apostle (n.) The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.
Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
Apostleship (n.) The office or dignity of an apostle.
Apostolate (n.) The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
Apostolate (n.) The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
Apostolic (a.) Alt. of Apostolical
Apostolical (a.) Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
Apostolical (a.) According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
Apostolical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
Apostolic (n.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
Apostolically (adv.) In an apostolic manner.
Apostolicalness (n.) Apostolicity.
Apostolicism (n.) Alt. of Apostolicity
Apostolicity (n.) The state or quality of being apostolical.
Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."
Apostrophe (n.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.
Apostrophe (n.) The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.
Apostrophic (a.) Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To address by apostrophe.
Apostrophize (p. pr. & vb. n.) To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
Apostrophize (v. i.) To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Apostume (n.) See Aposteme.
Apotactite (n.) One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
Apotelesm (n.) The result or issue.
Apotelesm (n.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity.
Apotelesmatic (a.) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
Apotelesmatic (a.) Relating to an issue of fulfillment.
Apothecaries (pl. ) of Apothecary
Apothecary (n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
Apothecia (pl. ) of Apothecium
Apothecium (n.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
Apothegm (n.) Alt. of Apophthegm
Apophthegm (n.) A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
Apothegmatic (a.) Alt. of Apothegmatical
Apothegmatical (a.) Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
Apothegmatist (n.) A collector or maker of apothegms.
Apothegmatize (v. i.) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
Apothem (n.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
Apothem (n.) A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
Apotheoses (pl. ) of Apotheosis
Apotheosis (n. pl.) The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
Apotheosis (n. pl.) Glorification; exaltation.
Apotheosize (v. t.) To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
Apothesis (n.) A dressing room connected with a public bath.
Apotome (n.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between Ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
Apotome (n.) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
Apozem (n.) A decoction or infusion.
Apozemical (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.
Appair (v. t. & i.) To impair; to grow worse.
Appalachian (a.) Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.
Appalled (imp. & p. p.) of Appall
Appalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appall
Appall (a.) To make pale; to blanch.
Appall (a.) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
Appall (a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
Appall (v. i.) To lose flavor or become stale.
Appall (n.) Terror; dismay.
Appalling (a.) Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.
Appallment (n.) Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.
Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
Appanage (n.) A dependency; a dependent territory.
Appanage (n.) That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
Appanagist (n.) A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
Apparaillyng (v.) Preparation.
Apparatus (pl. ) of Apparatus
Apparatuses (pl. ) of Apparatus
Apparatus (n.) Things provided as means to some end.
Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
Apparatus (n.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
Apparel (n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
Apparel (n.) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
Apparel (n.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Appareled (imp. & p. p.) of Apparel
Apparelled () of Apparel
Appareling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apparel
Apparelling () of Apparel
Apparel (v. t.) To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
Apparel (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
Apparel (v. t.) To dress or clothe; to attire.
Apparel (v. t.) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
Apparence (n.) Appearance.
Apparency (n.) Appearance.
Apparency (n.) Apparentness; state of being apparent.
Apparency (n.) The position of being heir apparent.
Apparent (a.) Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
Apparent (a.) Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
Apparent (a.) Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
Apparent (n.) An heir apparent.
Apparently (adv.) Visibly.
Apparently (adv.) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
Apparently (adv.) Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
Apparentness (n.) Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
Apparition (n.) The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.