Index of English words, starting with "ap"

(1) - Apparent (n.) An heir apparent.
(2) - Apparent (a.) Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
(3) - Apparent (a.) Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
(4) - Apparent (a.) Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

(1) - Apparently (adv.) Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
(2) - Apparently (adv.) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
(3) - Apparently (adv.) Visibly.

(1) - Apparition (n.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
(2) - Apparition (n.) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
(3) - Apparition (n.) The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
(4) - Apparition (n.) The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

(1) - Apparitor (n.) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
(2) - Apparitor (n.) Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.

(1) - Appeal (v. t.) Resort to physical means; recourse.
(2) - Appeal (v. t.) A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
(3) - Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
(4) - Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement.
(5) - Appeal (v. t.) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
(6) - Appeal (v. t.) The right of appeal.
(7) - Appeal (v. t.) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
(8) - Appeal (v. t.) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.
(9) - Appeal (v. t.) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
(10) - Appeal (v. t.) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
(11) - Appeal (v. t.) To invoke.
(12) - Appeal (v. t.) To summon; to challenge.
(13) - Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
(14) - Appeal (v. t.) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.