Apathetic, a. Unfeeling, passionless, impassible, impassive, Platonic, stoical, unimpressible, unsusceptible, insensible, senseless, soulless, phlegmatic, dull, obtuse, cold, sluggish, torpid, tame, lukewarm, indifferent, callous, dead, cold-blooded, without sensibility, destitute of feeling.
Apathy, n. Insensibility, impassibility, dispassion, dulness, torpor, coldness, phlegm, indifference, unconcern, unfeelingness, stoicism, want of feeling.
Ape, n. Monkey (without a tail).
Ape, v. a. Mimic, imitate, mock, counterfeit, take off.
Aperient, a. (Med.) Laxative, deobstruent, loosening.
Aperient, n. (Med.) Laxative, laxative medicine.
Aperture, n. Opening, hole, perforation, loop-hole, passage, eye, eyelet, hollow, cavity.
Apex, n. Top, summit, acme, zenith, pinnacle, highest point, culminating point, utmost height.
Aphis, n. [pl. Aphides.] Plant-louse, vine-fretter, puceron.
Aphorism, n. Maxim, adage, proverb, saying, dictum, saw, apothegm, byword, sententious precept.
Apiary, n. Bee-house, beehive.
Apiece, ad. Severally, one by one, for each.
Apish, a. 1. Imitative (in a servile manner), mimicking.
2. Affected, foppish, trifling.
Apocalypse, n. Revelation, prophecy of St. John.
Apocryphal, a. Unauthentic, legendary, uncanonical, of doubtful authority.
Apollyon, n. Satan, arch-fiend, Devil.
Apologetical, a. Excusatory, exculpatory.
Apologist, n. Defender, vindicator, supporter, advocate.
Apologize, v. n. Make an apology, offer an excuse, plead in defence or extenuation.
Apologue, n. Fable (founded on the supposed action of brutes or of inanimate things), parable, allegory, tale, story.
Apology, n. 1. Defence, vindication, justification.
2. Excuse, plea, explanation, extenuation, reparation, amende honorable.
Apostasy, n. Defection, desertion, backsliding, dereliction, fall.
Apostate, n. Renegade, backslider, deserter, turncoat.
Apostate, a. Treacherous, false, faithless, untrue, recreant, backsliding.
Apostle, n. Messenger, missionary.
Apostolic see, Church of Rome.
Apothegm, n. Maxim, adage, saying, dictum, saw, proverb, aphorism, byword, sententious precept.
Apotheosis, n. Deification.
Appall, v. a. Terrify, frighten, affright, dismay, daunt, scare, intimidate, shock, put in great fear, strike with terror, petrify with fear.
Apparatus, n. Tools, instruments, utensils, means.
Apparel, n. Clothes, clothing, dress, raiment, attire, array, costume, toilet, habit, habiliments, garb, gear, garments, vestments, outfit, accoutrement, equipment, suit, rigging, trappings, toggery, wardrobe.
Apparel, v. a. Dress, clothe, attire, array, robe, rig, accoutre, equip, fit out, trick out.
Apparent, a. 1. Visible, discernible, perceptible, open, external, in view, in sight, to be seen.
2. Manifest, obvious, patent, clear, evident, indubitable, plain, conspicuous, legible, unmistakable, in plain sight.
3. Seeming, specious, ostensible, not real.
Apparently, ad. 1. Evidently, obviously, clearly, manifestly, plainly.
2. Seemingly, ostensibly, quasi, on appearance, at the first blush, in semblance, in show.
Apparition, n. Ghost, spectre, phantom, phantasm, spirit, sprite, hobgoblin, shade, chimera, illusion, wraith, vision, preternatural appearance.
Appeal, v. n. 1. (Law.) Refer the case or cause (from one court to another).
2. Refer to another (in any controversy).
Appeal, v. a. 1. [Rare.] Summon, challenge.
