Apsides

1. pl. of Apsis
2. n. pl. See Apsis.

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Apsis

1. n. Same as Apse.
2. n. One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
3. n. In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.

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Apt

1. v. t. To fit; to suit; to adapt.
2. a. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
3. a. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; — used of things.
4. a. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; — used of persons.
5. a. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

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Approve

1. v. t. To make profit of; to convert to one’s own profit; — said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
2. v. t. To show to be real or true; to prove.
3. v. t. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
4. v. t. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
5. v. t. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
6. v. t. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

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Approvedly

1. adv. So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

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Approvement

1. n. Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.
2. n. Approbation.
3. n. a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king’s (or queen’s) evidence in England, and state’s evidence in the United States.

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Approver

1. v. t. A bailiff or steward; an agent.
2. n. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
3. n. An informer; an accuser.
4. n. One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

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Approximate

1. a. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
2. a. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
3. v. t. To come near to; to approach.

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Approximated

1. imp. & p. p. of Approximate

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Approximating

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Approximate

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