Helen Fenton

Apocopate: Definition and part of speech

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Apocopate

  1. a. Alt. of Apocopated
  2. v. t. To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apocope: Definition and part of speech

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Apocope

  1. n. A cutting off; abscission.
  2. n. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apocrisiarius: Definition and part of speech

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Apocrisiarius

  1. n. A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope’s nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apocrypha: Definition and part of speech

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Apocrypha

  1. n. pl. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
  2. n. pl. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; — formerly used also adjectively.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apocryphal: Definition and part of speech

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Apocryphal

  1. a. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
  2. a. Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.