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A*poc`o*pa"tion (&?;), n. Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

||A*poc"o*pe, n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; a cutting off, fr. &?; to cut off; &?; from + &?; to cut.] 1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.

{ Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry (&?;), ||Ap`o*cris`i*a"ri*us (&?;), } n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. &?; answer, fr. &?; to answer; &?; from + &?; to separate.] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

Ap`o*crus"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; able to drive off, fr. &?; to drive off.] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. -- n. An apocrustic medicine.

A*poc"ry*pha (&?;), n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. Apocryphas (&?;). [L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. &?; hidden, spurious, fr. &?; to hide; &?; from + &?; to hide.] 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] Locke.

2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly &?;mitted from the King James's Bible.

A*poc"ry*phal (&?;), a. 1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis.

A*poc"ry*phal*ist, n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]

A*poc"ry*phal*ly, adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

A*poc"ry*phal*ness, n. The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

A*poc`y*na"ceous (&?;), Ap`o*cyn"e*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; dogbane; &?; from + &?; dog.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.

A*poc"y*nin (&?;), n. [From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane.] (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).

{ Ap"od (&?;), Ap"o*dal (&?;), } a. [See Apod, n.] 1. Without feet; footless.

2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.

{ Ap"od (&?;), Ap"ode (&?;), } n.; pl. Apods (&?;) or Apodes (&?;). [Gr. &?;, &?;, footless; 'a priv. + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoöl.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.

||Ap"o*da (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;. See Apod, n.] (Zoöl.) (a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs. (b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. (c) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.

Ap"o*dan (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Apodal.

{ Ap"o*deic"tic (&?;), Ap`o*dic"tic (&?;), Ap`o*deic"tic*al (&?;), Ap`o*dic"tic*al (&?;), } a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to point out, to show by argument; &?; from + &?; to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly, Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

Ap"o*deme (&?;), n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. &?; body.] (Zoöl.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

||Ap"o*des (&?;), n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zoöl.) (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.

Ap`o*dic"tic (&?;), a. Same as Apodeictic.

||Ap`o*dix"is (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;.] Full demonstration.