Part 547

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Apostolicism, Apostolicity</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw><hw>Ap`os*tol"i*cism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*pos`to*lic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being apostolical.</def>

<h1>Apostrophe</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"tro*phe</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[(1) L., fr. Gr. <?/ a turning away, fr. <?/ to turn away; <?/ from + <?/ to turn. (2) F., fr. L. <ets>apostrophus</ets> apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; <as>as, Milton's <ex>apostrophe</ex> to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost</as>."</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; <as>as, <ex>call'd</ex> for <ex>called</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in <i>ne'er</i> for never, <i>can't</i> for can not), and as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; <as>as, a boy's hat, boys' hats</as>. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter <i>e</i>.</def>

<note>The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.</note>

<h1>Apostrophic</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`os*troph"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.</def>

<h1>Apostrophize</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"tro*phize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <ety>[<tt>imp.</tt> & <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Apostrophized</er> (#); <tt>p. pr.</tt> & <tt>vb.</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <er>Apostrophizing</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To address by apostrophe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.</def>

<h1>Apostrophize</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pos"tro*phize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To use the rhetorical figure called <i>apostrophe</i>.</def>

<h1>Apostume</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap"os*tume</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aposteme</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Apotactite</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*tac"tite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. pl. <ets>apotactitae</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ set apart; <?/ from + <?/ to arrange, ordain.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.</def>

<h1>Apotelesm</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pot"e*lesm</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Apotelesmatic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The result or issue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>The calculation and explanation of a nativity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Apotelesmatic</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*tel`es*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ effect of the stars on human destiny, fr. <?/ to complete; <?/ from + <?/ to end, <?/ end.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to the casting of horoscopes.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Whewell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Relating to an issue of fulfillment.</def>

<blockquote>In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an <b>apotelesmatic</b> sense, <b>i. e.</b>, one of after or final accomplishment. <i>M. Stuart.</i></blockquote>