Chapter Apportion to Ardor of A by Soule's Synonymes

3. Sum set apart (for a specific object).

Approval, n. See approbation.

Approve, v. a.

1. Commend, recommend, praise like, appreciate, value, prize, think well or favorably of, think highly of, speak well of, be pleased with.

2. Sanction, confirm, justify, ratify, uphold sustain, make valid, assent or consent to, concur in, indorse.

Approximate, a.

1. Proximate, approaching coming near. [Followed by to.]

2. Nearly correct, nearly accurate or true, inexact, almost exact.

Approximate, v. a. (Rare.) Bring near, cause to approach.

Approximate, v. n. Approach, come near, closely resemble, nearly rival.

Approximately, ad. Near, nearly, about, not fa from.

Approximation, n. Approach, gradual convergence.

Appulse, n. Collision, meeting, impact, shock jar, impulse, impulsion, appulsion, striking, striking together, coming together.

Appulsive, a. Impinging, striking against, colliding with, collisive.

Appurtenant, n. Adjunct, dependency. See appendage.

Appurtenant, a. Belonging, pertaining, appertaining.

A priori. [L.]

1. Theoretically, before experience, before trial, from assumed principles.

2. From pure reason, from the nature of the case, independently of all experience, necessarily, absolutely, apodictically, primordially, aboriginally, constitutionally.

Apropos, a. [Fr.] Opportune, seasonable, timely, fit, suitable, apt, pat (colloq.), to the point, to the purpose, just the thing, quite the thing. See apposite.

Apropos, ad.

1. Opportunely, seasonably, to the purpose, etc. See preceding.

2. By the way, by the bye, speaking of that, that reminds me, while the matter’s up, in that connection.