Part 569

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; <plu>(pl.)</plu> the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.</def>

<blockquote>The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their <b>appointments</b>. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of <b>appoinment</b>, that thou liest. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An expense proportioned to his <b>appointments</b> and fortune is necessary. <i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; <as>as, to have an <ex>appointment</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment.</syn>

<h1>Appointor</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*point*or"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person who selects the appointee. See <er>Appointee, 2.</er></def>

<h1>Apporter</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*por"ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>apporter</ets> to bring in, fr. L. <ets>apportare</ets>; <ets>ad + portare</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>A bringer in; an importer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Apportion</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*por"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Apportioned</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Apportioning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>apportionner</ets>, LL. <ets>apportionare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad + portio</ets>. See <er>Portion</er>.]</ety> <def>To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; <as>as, to <ex>apportion</ex> undivided rights; to <ex>apportion</ex> time among various employments.</as></def>

<h1>Apportionateness</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*por"tion*ate*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.</def> <mark>[Obs. & R.]</mark>

<h1>Apportioner</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*por"tion*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who apportions.</def>

<h1>Apportionment</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*por"tion*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>apportionnement</ets>, LL. <ets>apportionamentum</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.</def>

<i>A. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Appose</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*pose"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apposer</ets> to set to; <?/ (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>poser</ets> to put, place. See <er>Pose</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing <i>to</i> another).</def>

<blockquote>The nymph herself did then <b>appose</b>, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place in juxtaposition or proximity.</def>

<h1>Appose</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*pose"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>oppose</ets>. See <er>Oppose</er>.]</ety> <def>To put questions to; to examine; to try. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Pose</er>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>appose</b> him without any accuser, and that secretly. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>