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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.</def>

<h1>Apogeotropic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*ge`o*trop"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>apo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ earth + <?/ turning.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Apogeotropism</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap"o*ge*ot"ro*pism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.</def>

<h1>Apograph</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap"o*graph</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ from + <?/ to write: cf. F. <ets>apographe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A copy or transcript.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Apohyal</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*hy"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>apo-</ets> + the Gr. letter Y.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.</def>

<h1>Apoise</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*poise"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>poise</ets>.]</ety> <def>Balanced.</def>

<h1>Apolar</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*po"lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>polar</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.</def>

<h1>Apolaustic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*laus"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to enjoy.]</ety> <def>Devoted to enjoyment.</def>

<h1>Apollinarian</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pol`li*na"ri*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Apollinaris</ets>, fr. <ets>Apollo</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>In honor of Apollo; <as>as, the <ex>Apollinarian</ex> games</as>.</def>

<h1>Apollinarian</h1> <Xpage=69>

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

<h1>Apollinaris water</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pol`li*na"ris wa"ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.</def>

<h1>Apollo</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pol"lo</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Apollo</ets>, <ets>-linis</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Classic Myth.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>Ph\'82bus</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>The Apollo Belvedere</col>, <cd>a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.</cd></cs>

<mhw><h1>Apollonian, Apollonic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`ol*lo"ni*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ap`ol*lon"ic</hw></mhw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.</def>

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