Apathist

One without feeling. Ap'athy, n. [Fr. apathie, from Gr. a, priv., and pathos, feeling, pa ion. Want of feeling or pa ion; insensibiiity; indifference; stoicism; unconcern. "In lazy apathy let Stoics boast Their virtue fixed."- Pope. Aor'ta, n. [Gr. aorte , from aeiro , to raise up.] ( Anat .) The great artery of the body (see Fig. 120) which arises from the upper and back part of the left ventricle of the heart, forms a curvature in the chest, and descends into the abdomen.-See ARTERY, and CIRCULATION. Aor'tal, Aor'tic, a. Pertaining to the aorta. Aos'ta, a prov. of Italy, in Piedmont, 55 m. in length and 40 in breadth; bounded on the N. by Switzerland, and separated on the W. from Savoy by the Alps. Mountains surround it on the N. and S., and at its W. corner is Mont Blanc. It forms one long and fertile valley, through which runs the Doire. - Goitre is com- -A servile imitator; a simpleton. Ap'at in, in Hungary , a town of Bacs co., situated on the left side of the Danube, S. of Baja. It has a trade in hemp, silk, and madder. Pop . 7,886. Apatite, n. ( Min .) See LIME, PHOSPHATE OF. Ape, n. [A.S. apa.] ( Zool . ) See SIMIADE. mon among the inhabitants, who are accounted squalid "My lady's ape , that imitated all her fashions...."-Nabbes. and filthy to an extreme. A. gave the title of duke to -v. a. To imitate servilely; to mimic, as an ape. the second son of king Victor Emmanuel, once king of Apeak', adv . On the peak, or point; in a posture to Spain. Pop . abt. 115,000. Aos'ta, capital of the above prov., is situated at the foot of the Alps, at an elevation of 1,940 ft. above sea-level, and 49 m. N.N.W. of Turin. Pop . 7,525. Aos'ta, a town in Syria, 35 m. S. of Tripoli. It is the residence of a Maronite patriarch. Apace', adv. [From a, and pace; that is, with a great pace.] Quick; speedily; used of things in motion. "Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace , will sleep till the sea overwhelm him?" - Til lots on . - With haste; applied to some action. IMG:content-0250.png:[blocks in formation] "If sensible pleasure or real grandeur be our end, we shall proceed apace to real misery." - Watts. Apache Pa , in Arizona , a twp. of Pima co. Apa'ches, a race of N. American Indians, divided into several tribes, and residing between 30° and 34° N. Lat., from the Rio Colorado on the W., to the Rio Colorado of Texas on the E. Once exercising dominant power over the whole of this immense territory, they waged perpetual war with the Spaniards of Mexico. Later, when greatly reduced in numbers, they roamed in small parties over Arizona, part of New Mexico and Northern Mexico, living by hunting and robbery, and proving themselves perhaps the most treacherous, blood-thirsty and averse to civilization of all the North American Indians. They had no ruling chief, but, by an ingenious system of mountain signals, were able to concentrate at once large bodies for attack and defence. The arid nature of their country, their powers of endurance and keenne of stratagem, rendered it very difficult to subdue the A. , but most of them are now under government control at various agencies in the West, and are making fair progre in agriculture. A few small bands still roam the wilds of northwestern Mexico. Apagogʻical, a. [From Gr. apagoge ; compounded of apo , from, and age in , to bring or draw.) ( Logic .) An A. demonstration is such as does not prove the thing directly, but shows the impo ibility, or absurdity, which arises from denying it; and is also called reductio ad im po ibile , or absurdum. Apagynous, a. ( Bot . ) Same as MONOCARPOUS, 9. v. Apala/chee, a river of Georgia , taking its rise in Gwinnett co. After a S.E. course it empties into the Oconee, a few miles S.W. of Greens borough. A pal a chi cola, a river in Florida , emptying itself into a bay of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. This river has a S. course of nearly 100 m., and receives the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers. It is navigable throughout. There is a fixed light on St. George's Island in the Bay of A. -a post-town, and cap. of Franklin co., 135 m. S.W. of Tall a has see. It lies on the above river, has a convenient harbor, and is an important port for the shipment of cotton. Apala'chin, or APPAL A CHIN, in New York, a post office of Tioga co, Apam', a territory on the Gold Coast, Africa. It belongs to England. The chief place is the fort of Lydzaamheit, in Lat. 5°12′30′′ N.; Lon. 0°41′30′′ W. Pop . very small. Apama'ma, an island in the North Pacific Ocean, forming one of the Kings mill group, or Gilbert Isles, Lat. 0° 30′ S.; Lon. 173° 54′ W. Ap'anage, n . ( Hist . ) A provision of land once a igned by the kings of France for the maintenance of their younger sons, and also the allowance a igned to the prince of a reigning house for a proper maintenance out of the public chest. Apanor'mia, or A PONORMERIA, a seaport of the island of Sant or in, in the Grecian Archipelago. It is situate on the N.W. coast. Lat 36° 38' N.; Lon. 25° 28′ E. Apa'ri, a town of Luzon, one of the Philippine islands, on the N. part of the coast. pierce. ( Naut .) Perpendicular. An anchor is said to be apeak , when the cable is hove so taut as to bring the ship directly over it. Apelles, the most celebrated of the Greek painters; he flourished в.с. 340-323, and was the friend of Alex. ander the Great, whose portrait he himself alone was suffered to paint. His works were particularly noted for their exquisite representation of feminine beauty. His masterpiece, "Venus rising from the Sea ," was conveyed to Rome by the emperor August us. According to Pliny, A. generally painted with four colors only, which he made to harmonize by means of the varnish which he himself had invented.