Appall: Definition and part of speech

Appall

  1. n. Terror; dismay.
  2. a. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. a. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
  4. a. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
  5. v. i. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  6. v. i. To lose flavor or become stale.
  7. 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.

Apothem: Definition and part of speech

Apothem

  1. n. A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
  2. n. The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

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.

Apotheosis: Definition and part of speech

Apotheosis

  1. n. pl. Glorification; exaltation.
  2. n. pl. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, “the gods;” deification.

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.

Apotheosize: Definition and part of speech

Apotheosize

  1. v. t. To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

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.

Apothesis: Definition and part of speech

Apothesis

  1. n. A dressing room connected with a public bath.
  2. n. A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.

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.