4. Devote, dedicate, addict, direct, engage, turn attentively, bend with diligence.
Apply to, 1. Suit, fit, be adapted to, be suitable to, be applicable to.
2. Solicit, petition, request, appeal to, call upon, make application to, have recourse to.
Appoint, v. a. 1. Fix, determine, prescribe, set, establish.
2. Direct, ordain, enjoin, require, command, decree, order, bid, impose, insist on.
3. Assign, allot, designate, destine.
4. Nominate, name, constitute, create.
5. Furnish, equip, supply.
Appointment, n. 1. Appointing, designation to office.
2. Station, position, office, place.
3. Assignation, agreement (as to time and place of meeting), tryst, stipulation, arrangement.
4. Decree, bidding, command, order, direction, precept, mandate, ordination, enactment, law, requirement.
5. Equipment, equipage, furniture, outfit, appliance.
6. Allowance, salary, pay, stipend, pension.
7. Nomination, constitution, creation.
Apportion, v. a. Allot, distribute, assign, divide, partition, part, measure, share, appropriate, deal, dispense, parcel out, deal out, portion out.
Apportionment, n. Distribution, allotment, assignment, dole, partition, division.
Apposite, a. Apt, pertinent, relevant, fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, seasonable, germane, apropos, to the purpose, to the point, well applied, well put.
Appraise, v. a. Value, estimate, prize, rate, measure, set a value on, fix a price for, estimate the worth of, form an estimate of.
Appraisement, n. Valuation, estimation, estimate, judgment.
Appreciate, v. a. 1. Estimate justly, set a just value on, form a correct estimate of, value rightly.
2. Estimate, esteem, value, rate.
3. [U. S.] Raise the value of.
Appreciate, v. n. [U. S.] Rise in value, be worth more.
Appreciation, n. 1. Valuation, estimation.
2. Just estimate, correct valuation.
Apprehend, v. a. 1. Seize, arrest, take, take prisoner.
2. Conceive, imagine, see, perceive, believe, know, comprehend.
3. Fear, dread, think of with fear.
Apprehend, v. n. Think, suppose, imagine, conceive, fancy, opine, hold, ween, presume, be of opinion, take it, entertain the idea.
Apprehension, n. 1. Seizure, arrest.
2. Understanding, intellect, intelligence, intellection, mind, reason.
3. Conception, imagination, the mind's eye.
4. Knowledge, discernment, perception, sense.
5. Opinion, belief, fancy, supposition, judgment, sentiment, idea, notion.
6. Fear, dread, distrust, suspicion, anxiety, solicitude, care, concern, misgiving, alarm, worry, disquiet, uneasiness, vexation.
Apprehensive, a. 1. Quick to understand.
2. Fearful, distrustful, suspicious, anxious, afraid.
Apprentice, n. Learner (of a trade).
Apprise, v. a. Inform, acquaint, warn, notify, tell, admonish, make acquainted, make aware, give notice to, disclose to, make known to, mention to.
Approach, v. n. Approximate, draw near, draw nigh, come near, be at hand.
Approach, v. a. Resemble, come near to, be like.
Approach, n. 1. Advance, approximation, advent, coming, drawing near.
2. Access, admittance, admission.
Approachable, a. Accessible.
Approbation, n. 1. Approval, liking, praise, encomium, commendation, good opinion, favorable opinion.
2. Support, concurrence, assent, consent, sanction, ratification.
Appropriate, v. a. 1. Adopt, take to one's self, take as one's own.
2. Take, seize, abstract, steal, purloin.
3. Assign, apportion, allot, set apart.
