Part 548

<h1>Apothecary</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*poth"e*ca*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Apothecaries</plw></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>apotecarie</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>apothecarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>apotheca</ets> storehouse, Gr. <grk>apo</grk>, fr. <?/ to put away; <?/ from + <?/ to put: cf. F. <ets>apothicaire</ets>, OF. <ets>apotecaire</ets>. See <er>Thesis</er>.]</ety> <def>One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.</def>

<note>&hand; In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist.</note>

<cs><col>Apothecaries' weight</col>, <cd>the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See <er>Troy weight</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Apothecium</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Apo`*the"ci*um</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Apothecia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.</def>

<h1>Apothegm, Apophthegm</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw><hw>Ap"o*thegm</hw>, <hw>Ap"oph*thegm</hw><hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thing uttered, apothegm, from <?/ to speak out; <?/ from + <?/ to speak.]</ety> <def>A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.</def> <note>[<i>Apothegm</i> is now the prevalent spelling in the United States.]</note>

<h1>Apothegmatic, Apothegmatical</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw><hw>Ap`o*theg*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ap`o*theg*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apotghem; sententious; pithy.</def>

<h1>Apothegmatist</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*theg"ma*tist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A collector or maker of apothegms.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Apothegmatize</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*theg"ma*tize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.</def>

<h1>Apothem</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap"o*them</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ that which is placed, <?/ to place.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.</def>

<h1>Apotheosis</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*the"o*sis</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <plw>Apotheoses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to deify; <?/ from + <?/ to deify, <?/ a god.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Glorification; exaltation.</def> "The <i>apotheosis</i> of chivalry." <i>Prescott</i>. "The noisy <i>apotheosis</i> of liberty and machinery." <i>F. Harrison</i>.

<h1>Apotheosize</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*the"o*size</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.</def>

<h1>Apothesis</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*poth"e*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a putting back or away, fr. <?/. See <er>Apothecary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.</def> <i>Weale</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A dressing room connected with a public bath.</def>

<h1>Apotome</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>A*pot"o*me</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a cutting off, fr. <?/ to cut off; <?/ from + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between &root;2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus)</fld> <def>The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>