appanage (apanaj)

[F. appanage, appe nage (Cotgrave), apanage, now only apanage (> E. also apanage ), F. pain ), bread.] 1. Originally, in the feudal law of France, that which was granted to the sons of the sovereign for their support, as lands and privileges, and which reverted to the crown on the failure of male heirs. In Scotland, at a later date, appanage was the patrimony of the king's eldest son, upon whose death or succe ion to the throne it reverted to the crown. In England, the duchy of Cornwall is sometimes regarded as an appanage of the Prince of Wales; in addition, he and other members royal family receive from Parliament allowances amounting to £156,000 out of the annual income derived from the hereditary crown lands surrendered to Parliament in the time of William IV.. France could little afford to see Normandy separated from its body, even though it was to form an apanage of one of its own princes, E. A. Freeman , Norm. Conq., III. 78. 2. Whatever belongs or falls to one from one's rank or station in life. "I prefer respect to admiration," said Flora; "but I fear that respect is not the appanage of such as I am." Disraeli , Coningsby, iv. 8. 3. A natural or nece ary accompaniment; an endowment or attribute. Where, save the rugged road, we find No appanage of human kind. Words worth, Pa of Kirk stone. 4. A dependent territory; a detached part of the dominions of a crown or government: as, India is now only an appanage of Great Britain. Also written apanage, and sometimes appe nage. pale; blanch. IMG:content-0971.png:[blocks in formation] see appanage and -ist.] A prince to whom an appanage was granted. Penпу Сус., П. 144. apparaget, n. [OF. a parage, Same as apparatus . Sheldon, Miracles, p. 271. apparatus (ap-a-rā'tus), n . sing . and pl .; pl. also rarely apparatuses (-ez). [L., pl. apparatus , preparation, equipment, gear, apparatus , pp. of apparare , adparare , prepare, ad , to, + para re , make ready, prepare: see pare and prepare .] An equipment of things provided and adapted as means to some end; especially, a collection, combination, or set of machinery, tools, instru Such app a rate and order for public sacrifices. apparatus ments, utensils, appliances, or materials intended, adapted, and nece ary for the accomplishment of some purpose, such as mechanical work, experimenting, etc.: as, chemical, philosophical, or apparatus. The whole military apparatus of the archduke was put Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 17. in motion. Specifically-(a) In physiol., a collection of organs which, though differing in structure, all minister to the same function: as, the respiratory apparatus; the digestive ratus. (b) A collection of materials for any literary work: as, critical apparatus for the study of the Greek text of the New Testament. - Apparatus bell i (Latin), materials of war; ammunition; military stores. - Apparatus Sculptor is (New Latin), the Sculptor's Workshop, a constellation situated in that region of the heavens which lies immediately to the east of the large star Fomalhaut, or a Piscis Australis. It barely rises above the horizon in the northern hemisphere. apparel (a-par'el), v. t.; pret. and pp. appareled or apparelled, ppr. appareling or apparelling. [Early mod. E. also aparel, aparrell, etc., It. parecchio = Pg. parelho = Sp. parejo = Pr. parelh = F. pareil, equal, like), dim. of par, equal: see par.] 11. To make ready; prepare; fit out; put in proper order. For ther he wolde hire wed dying apparaile . 269 apparencet, apparencyt (a-par'ens, -en-si), n. [ME. apparence, apparens, aparence, -aunce, also apparencie, = Sp. apparence apparence = Pr. apparencia, aparensa apariencia = Pg. apparencia = = It. apparenza, ward desires. Outward apparance is no authentic instance of the in Middle ton, Family of Love, i. 2. 3. The quality of being apparent to the senses or to the mind; apparentne .-4. The position of being an heir apparent. N. E. D. apparent (a-parent), a. and n. [ the eye; within the range of vision. By some apparent sign Let us have knowledge at the court of guard. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1. Chaucer , Good Women, 1. 2473. with ornaments. Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25. It is no greater charity to clothe his body, than apparel the nakedne of his soul. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, ii. 3. She did apparel her apparel, and with the preciousne of her body made it most sumptuous. Sir P. Sidney. You may have trees apparelled with flowers by boring holes in them, putting into them earth, and setting seeds of violets. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 504. 3. To furnish with external apparatus; equip: as, ships appareled for sea.