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Ap`o*theg"ma*tize (&?;), v. i. To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.

Ap"o*them (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + &?; that which is placed, &?; to place.] 1. (Math.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

2. A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.

Ap`o*the"o*sis (?; 277), n. pl. Apotheoses (&?;). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to deify; &?; from + &?; to deify, &?; a god.] 1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

2. Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

Ap`o*the"o*size (&?;), v. t. To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

||A*poth"e*sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a putting back or away, fr. &?;. See Apothecary.] (Arch.) (a) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale. (b) A dressing room connected with a public bath.

||A*pot"o*me (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a cutting off, fr. &?; to cut off; &?; from + &?; to cut.] 1. (Math.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between √2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

2. (Mus) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]

Ap"o*zem (&?;), n. [L. apozema, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to extract by boiling; &?; from + &?; boil.] (Med.) A decoction or infusion. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Ap`o*zem"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.] J. Whitaker.

Ap*pair" (&?;), v. t. & i. [OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair.] To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.]

Ap`pa*la"chi*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the neighboring Indians. Am. Cyc.

Ap*pall" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + pâlir to grow pale, to make pale, pâle pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]

The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. Holland.

3. 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.

The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

Syn. -- To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.

Ap*pall", v. i. 1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] Gower.

2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

Ap*pall", n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.

Ap*pall"ing, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.

Ap*pall"ment (&?;), n. Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ap"pa*nage (&?;), n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.] 1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

2. A dependency; a dependent territory.