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||A*pod"o*sis (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to give back; &?; from, back again + &?; to give.] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.

Ap"o*dous (&?;)(#), a. (Zoöl.) Apodal; apod.

||A*pod`y*te"ri*um (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to strip one's self.] (Anc. Arch.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

Ap`o*ga"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; far from the earth.] Apogean.

Ap`o*gam"ic (&?;), a. Relating to apogamy.

A*pog"a*my (&?;), n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. &?; marriage.] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.

Ap`o*ge"al (&?;), a. (Astron.) Apogean.

Ap`o*ge"an (&?;), a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

Ap"o*gee (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; from the earth; &?; from + &?;, &?;, earth: cf. F. apogée.] 1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.

2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.

Ap`o*ge`o*trop"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. &?; earth + &?; turning.] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

Ap"o*ge*ot"ro*pism (&?;), n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

Ap"o*graph (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; from + &?; to write: cf. F. apographe.] A copy or transcript. Blount.

Ap`o*hy"al (&?;), a. [Pref. apo- + the Gr. letter Y.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

A*poise" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + poise.] Balanced.

A*po"lar (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + polar.] (Biol.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Ap`o*laus"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to enjoy.] Devoted to enjoyment.

A*pol`li*na"ri*an (&?;), a. [L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo.] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.

A*pol`li*na"ri*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

A*pol`li*na"ris wa"ter (&?;). An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.

A*pol"lo (&?;), n. [L. Apollo, - linis, Gr. &?;.] (Classic Myth.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus.

The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

Ap`ol*lo"ni*an (&?;), Ap`ol*lon"ic (&?;), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

A*pol"ly*on (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; destroying, fr. &?;, &?;, to destroy utterly; &?; from, entirely + &?; to destroy.] The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

A*pol"o*ger (&?;), n. A teller of apologues. [Obs.]

{ A*pol`o*get"ic (&?;), A*pol`o*get"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to speak in defense of; &?; from + &?; speech, &?; to say, to speak. See Logic.] Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.