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A*pair" (&?;), v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ap`a*la"chi*an, a. See Appalachian.

Ap"an*age, n. Same as Appanage.

A*pan"thro*py (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; from + &?; man.] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

||A"par (&?;), A"pa*ra (&?;), n. [Native name apara.] (Zoöl.) See Mataco.

||A`pa*re"jo (&?;), 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.

||Ap`a*rith"me*sis (?; 277), n. [Gr. &?;, from &?; to count off or over.] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.

A*part" (&?;), adv. [F. à part; (L. ad) + part part. See Part.] 1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton.

The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

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.

3. Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i. 21.

Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble.

4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

A*part"ment (&?;), n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.

2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey.

3. A compartment. [Obs.] Pope.

A*part"ness (&?;), n. The quality of standing apart.

||Ap*as"tron (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; from + &?; star.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Ap`a*thet"ic (&?;), Ap`a*thet"ic*al (&?;) a. [See Apathy.] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

Ap`a*thet"ic*al*ly, adv. In an apathetic manner.

Ap"a*thist (&?;), n. [Cf. F. apathiste.] One who is destitute of feeling.

Ap`a*this"tic*al (&?;), a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]

Ap"a*thy (&?;), n.; pl. Apathies (&?;). [L. apathia, Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?;, fr. &?;, &?;, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See Pathos.] 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.

A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott.

According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.

Syn. -- Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.