Lexicon: ape – appal

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ape, v. [OE apa, generic name for members of the monkey family.]

Imitate; mimic; simulate; copy; impersonate.

Apennine, proper n. [see Appenine, proper n.]

apocalypse, n. [L. < Gk 'uncover,' 'disclose'; Greek name for the book of Revelation in the New Testament.] (webplay: Revelation).

  1. Advent; vision of the Beloved; approach of the Bridegroom to the Bride; [fig.] Second Coming of Christ to the Church, as described in chapters 21-22 of Revelation.
  2. Appearance; emergence; manifestation; arrival; showing; growth.

apocalyptic, adj. [see apocalypse, n.]

Visionary; transformed; mystic; ethereal; refined; celestial; other worldly.

apologize, v. [see apology, n.]

  1. Make excuse; ask pardon.
  2. Explain; defend; justify; vindicate.
  3. Rationalize; ask forgiveness; say “I am sorry”; acknowledge a fault; express regret without defense.

apology, n. [Gk apo, off, away + logia, speaking.] (webplay: censured).

  1. Explanation; defense; grounds; justification of the existence.
  2. Excuse; confession; request for forgiveness.

apostasy (apostacy), n. [L. < Gk 'standing off', 'withdrawal', 'desertion of one's faith'.]

Abandon; rebellion; renunciation; forswearing; recklessness; intemperance; indulgence; profligacy; debauchery; wildness; mutiny; defiance; insolence; recanting.

apostate, n. [see apostasy, n.]

Upstart; renegade; maverick; infidel; heretic; agitator; dissident; radical; nonconformist; troublemaker; heathen; pagan; eccentric creature.

apostle, n. [OE < L. < Gk 'messenger', 'one sent forth'; also entering ME < OFr < L. < Gk.]

  1. Paul in the New Testament; author of 1 Corinthians 15; a Roman Jew who became a disciple after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  2. Peter; one of the twelve original disciples of Jesus Christ; author of 1 Peter 1:8.

appal (appalled, appalling, appals, appalls), v. [OFr apalir, wax pale, be in consternation, languish, waste away.] (webplay: faint).

  1. Frighten; horrify; terrify; cause to feel shock.
  2. Dismay; depress; discourage; disturb; discomfort; trouble; upset; worry; cause the soul to fade, shrink, or cringe.
  3. Amaze; astonish; daze; enlighten; cause one to feel weak with joy; [word play on “pall”] wane; fade; turn white; become pale; decline; dwindle; retreat while beckoning; move away slowly.