Part 542

<blockquote>It is not my intention to make an <b>apology</b> for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.</def>

<blockquote>He goes to work devising <b>apologies</b> for window curtains. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Excuse</er>.</syn> <usage> An <i>apology</i>, in the original sense of the word, was a <i>pleading off</i> from some charge or imputation, by explaining and defending one's principles or conduct. It therefore amounted to a vindication. One who offers an <i>apology</i>, admits himself to have been, at least apparently, in the wrong, but brings forward some palliating circumstance, or tenders a frank acknowledgment, by way of reparation. We make an <i>apology</i> for some breach of propriety or decorum (like rude expressions, unbecoming conduct, etc.)</plu>, or some deficiency in what might be reasonably expected. We offer an <i>excuse</i> when we have been guilty of some breach or neglect of duty; and we do it by way of extenuating our fault, and with a view to be forgiven. When an <i>excuse</i> has been accepted, <i>an apology</i> may still, in some cases, be necessary or appropriate. "An <i>excuse</i> is not grounded on the claim of innocence, but is rather an appeal for favor resting on some collateral circumstance. An <i>apology</i> mostly respects the conduct of individuals toward each other as equals; it is a voluntary act produced by feelings of decorum, or a desire for the good opinion of others."</usage>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Apology</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*pol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To offer an apology.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For which he can not well <b>apology</b>. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apomecometer</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*me*com"e*ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument for measuring the height of objects.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Apomecometry</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*me*com"e*try</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>apo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ length + <ets>-metry</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<h1>Apomorphia, Apomorphine</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw><hw>Ap`o*mor"phi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ap`o*mor"phine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>apo-</ets> + <ets>morphia</ets>, <ets>morphine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.</def>

<h1>Aponeurosis</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*neu*ro"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aponeuroses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to pass into a tendon; <?/ from + <?/ to strain the sinews, <?/ sinew, tendon, nerve.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci\'91 which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See <er>Fascia</er>.</def>

<h1>Aponeurotic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*neu*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.</def>

<h1>Aponeurotomy</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*neu*rot"o*my</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Aponeurosis</ets> + Gr. <?/ a cutting.]</ety> <def>Dissection of aponeuroses.</def>

<h1>Apopemptic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*pemp"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to send off or away; <?/ from + <?/ to send.]</ety> <def>Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; <as>as, <ex>apoplectic</ex> songs or hymns</as>.</def>

<h1>Apophasis</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>A*poph"a*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ denial, fr. <?/ to speak out, to deny.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. <i>Shak., Julius C\'91sar, iii. 2.</i>]</def>

<h1>Apophlegmatic</h1> <Xpage=69>

<hw>Ap`o*phleg*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ from + <?/ full of phlegm. See <er>Phlegmatic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An apohlegmatic medicine.</def></def2>