Part 570

<h1>Apposed</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*posed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.</def>

<h1>Apposer</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*pos"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.</def>

<h1>Apposite</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap"po*site</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appositus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>apponere</ets> to set or put to; <ets>ad + ponere</ets> to put, place.]</ety> <def>Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by <i>to</i>; <as>as, this argument is very <ex>apposite</ex> to the case</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ap"po*site*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ap"po*site*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Apposition</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap`po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>appositio</ets>, fr. <ets>apponere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>apposition</ets>. See <er>Apposite</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adding; application; accretion.</def>

<blockquote>It grows . . . by the <b>apposition</b> of new matter. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; <as>as, I admire Cicero, the orator</as>. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.</def>

<cs><col>Growth by apposition</col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Appositional</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap`po*si"tion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.</def>

<i>Ellicott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Appositive</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*pos"i*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A noun in apposition.</def></def2> -- <wordforms><wf>Ap*pos"i*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote><b>Appositive</b> to the words going immediately before. <i>Knatchbull.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Appraisable</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*prais"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being appraised.</def>

<h1>Appraisal</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*prais"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Appraise</er>. Cf. <er>Apprizal</er>.]</ety> <def>A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.</def>

<h1>Appraise</h1> <Xpage=73>

<hw>Ap*praise"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Appraised</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Appraising</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>praise</ets>. See <er>Praise</er>, <er>Price</er>, <er>Apprize</er>, <er>Appreciate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; <as>as, to <ex>appraise</ex> goods and chattels</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To estimate; to conjecture.</def>

<blockquote>Enoch . . . <b>appraised</b> his weight. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To praise; to commend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>R. Browning.</i>