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v. t. [ OF. acopler, F. accoupler. See Couple. ] To join; to couple. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. accouplement. ] 1. The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [ R. ] Caxton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which couples, as a tie or brace. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Adam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianopolis [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double. ] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the people in that ample house
Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent. -- Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. “Copious matter of my song.” Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amplecti to embrace. ] (Bot.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplexari to embrace. ] An embrace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule. ] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) A filling up; restoring a defective part; especially, promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. [ AS ]

2. (Med) The process of restoring the depleted cellular metabolic intermediate pools; most commonly used to refer to the restoration of the citric acid cycle intermediates pool. [ AS ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] (Med.) Of or relating to anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] n. (Med.) A substance which promotes anaplerosis. [ AS ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; side. ] (Zool.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + apoplectic. ] (Med.) Alleviating apoplexy. -- n. A medicine used for alleviating apoplexy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. -- n. An antisplenetic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ #) } a. [ L. apoplecticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. apoplectique. See Apoplexy. ] Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Apoplectic + -form, -oid. ] Resembling apoplexy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apoplexy. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with apoplexy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. 'apoplhxi`a, fr. 'apoplh`ssein to cripple by a stroke; 'apo` from + plh`ssein to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See Plague. ] (Med.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. appel, eppel, AS. æppel, æpl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. äple, Dan. æble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. obůlys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin. ] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, n. --
Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. --
Apple brandy, brandy made from apples. --
Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Bartlett. --
Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. --
Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta. --
Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples. --
Apple of the eye, the pupil. --
Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed “For the fairest, ” which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. --
Apple of love, or
Love apple, the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). --
Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. --
Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodomæum, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. --
Apple sauce, stewed apples. [ U. S. ] --
Apple snail or
Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria. --
Apple tart, a tart containing apples. --
Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2. --
Apple wine, cider. --
Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. --
Dead Sea Apple. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. “To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.” S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow like an apple; to bear apples. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the planning that is disrupted when someone "upsets the applecart". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a cart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. “Apple-faced children.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apple brandy; a brandy distilled from cider. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mint (Mentha rotundifolia or Mentha suaveolens) with apple-scented stems of South and West Europe; naturalized in U.S.
Syn. -- apple mint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell Conybeare. --
Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [ Colloq. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced.
Syn. -- apple sauce [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. nonsensical talk or writing.
Syn. -- folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; the side. ] (Zool.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae); its members include species called orach and saltbush.
Syn. -- genus Atriplex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tinge or dye with a purple color. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. New York City; -- a nickname, usually written The Big Apple. [ PJC ]

See under Maple. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus. ] A horse; a nag. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Capel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; amazement: cf. Apoplexy. ] (Med.) A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. -- Cat`a*plec"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ L. centuplex; centum + plicare to fold; cf. F. centuple. ] Hundredfold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To increase a hundredfold. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar. ] (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. -- n. A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [ R. ] “Yellow, chapless skulls.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chapleted. ] To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]