APPRESSED, A

*p-pre?st. Lat., appre us (from apee re, to pre to), … apprimé, epee sees appliqué. Ger., angeriickt. ’Also written adpre ed. In botany, touching, or having the surface closely applied to something, but without adherence or connection. [B, 19,] APPRIME (Fr.), adj. A*p-pre-ma. See APPRESSED. APPROCHE (Fr.),n. A*p-prosh. Sexual intercourse. [L, 111.) APPROCHE (Fr.), adj.. Approximated. [B.] APPROPRIATION, n. ’pri?-a’shu’n. Lat., appropriatio. 1. In chemistry, the union or combination of two substances. [L,46.] 2. The act or proce hy which an organism or any part of an organism seizes upon ponte material (nutritive or medicinal) and incorporates it with itself. [A, 325; K.] See As- SIMI LATI ON. APPROXIMATE, APPROXIMATED, adj’s.?x’- Pm-at, -at-e?d. Lat., approx i mat us (from a cimare, to aproach). RNC TRE er., gendhert. 1. Placed close together ‘said of the teeth), [L, 108] 2 In poems brought near; in a reciprocal sense, brought near together. [B, 198.] APPROXIMATIO (Lat.), n. f. A*p(a*p)-pro?x""i?-ma(masyshiX(ti2)-0. Gen., approximatio'nis. Fr., appro chem ent. Ger., Annäherung. It., appros sim azione. Sp., aproximaciôn. An apäroxlmaüon; according to Ettmiiller, a pretended method of nh ing a person of a disease by causing the latter to seize upon another organism, animal or vegetable, brought into contact with him for that purpose. 22, 53.. APPUI (Fr.), n. A?%p-pwe. 1. A fulcrum, a support. 2. The point of insertion of a Taeeles [A, 385.] u ee (Fr.),n. ASp-pwe-a. In botany, supported, suffultus., 198, APRACTA (Lat.), n., n. (ra3k)’tas. pl.of adj apractus.?k- Gr., dapaxta (from dàxparreiv, to do nothing, to be idle