Part 549

<h1>Apozem</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap"o*zem</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>apozema</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to extract by boiling; <?/ from + <?/ boil.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A decoction or infusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Apozemical</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`o*zem"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Whitaker.</i>

<h1>Appair</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap*pair"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>empeirier</ets>, F. <ets>empire</ets>. See <er>Impair</er>.]</ety> <def>To impair; to grow worse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Appalachian</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap`pa*la"chi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the <i>Allegheny</i> mountains.</def>

<note>&hand; The name <i>Appalachian</i> was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the heighboring Indians.</note>

<i>Am. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Appall</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap*pall"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Appalled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Appalling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>appalir</ets> to grow pale, make pale; <ets>a</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>p\'83lir</ets> to grow pale, to make pale, <ets>p\'83le</ets> pale. See Pale, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Pall</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make pale; to blanch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so <b>appalled</b> my countenance. <i>Wyatt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; <as>as, an old <ex>appalled</ex> wight</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become <b>appalled</b> in extremity of cold. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, the sight <ex>appalled</ex> the stoutest heart</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The house of peers was somewhat <b>appalled</b> at this alarum. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See <er>Dismay</er>.</syn>

<h1>Appall</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap*pall"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lose flavor or become stale.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Appall</h1> <Xpage=70>

<hw>Ap*pall"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Terror; dismay.</def> <mark>[Poet.]</mark>

<i>Cowper.</i>