5. Equipment, equipage, furniture, outfit, appliance.

6. Allowance, salary, pay, stipend, pension.

7. Nomination, constitution, creation.

Apportion, v. a. Allot, distribute, assign, divide, partition, part, measure, share, appropriate, deal, dispense, parcel out, deal out, portion out.

Apportionment, n. Distribution, allotment, assignment, dole, partition, division.

Apposite, a. Apt, pertinent, relevant, fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, seasonable, germane, apropos, to the purpose, to the point, well applied, well put.

Appraise, v. a. Value, estimate, prize, rate, measure, set a value on, fix a price for, estimate the worth of, form an estimate of.

Appraisement, n. Valuation, estimation, estimate, judgment.

Appreciate, v. a. 1. Estimate justly, set a just value on, form a correct estimate of, value rightly.

2. Estimate, esteem, value, rate.

3. [U. S.] Raise the value of.

Appreciate, v. n. [U. S.] Rise in value, be worth more.

Appreciation, n. 1. Valuation, estimation.

2. Just estimate, correct valuation.

Apprehend, v. a. 1. Seize, arrest, take, take prisoner.

2. Conceive, imagine, see, perceive, believe, know, comprehend.

3. Fear, dread, think of with fear.

Apprehend, v. n. Think, suppose, imagine, conceive, fancy, opine, hold, ween, presume, be of opinion, take it, entertain the idea.

Apprehension, n. 1. Seizure, arrest.

2. Understanding, intellect, intelligence, intellection, mind, reason.

3. Conception, imagination, the mind's eye.

4. Knowledge, discernment, perception, sense.

5. Opinion, belief, fancy, supposition, judgment, sentiment, idea, notion.

6. Fear, dread, distrust, suspicion, anxiety, solicitude, care, concern, misgiving, alarm, worry, disquiet, uneasiness, vexation.

Apprehensive, a. 1. Quick to understand.

2. Fearful, distrustful, suspicious, anxious, afraid.

Apprentice, n. Learner (of a trade).

Apprise, v. a. Inform, acquaint, warn, notify, tell, admonish, make acquainted, make aware, give notice to, disclose to, make known to, mention to.

Approach, v. n. Approximate, draw near, draw nigh, come near, be at hand.

Approach, v. a. Resemble, come near to, be like.

Approach, n. 1. Advance, approximation, advent, coming, drawing near.

2. Access, admittance, admission.

Approachable, a. Accessible.

Approbation, n. 1. Approval, liking, praise, encomium, commendation, good opinion, favorable opinion.

2. Support, concurrence, assent, consent, sanction, ratification.

Appropriate, v. a. 1. Adopt, take to one's self, take as one's own.

2. Take, seize, abstract, steal, purloin.

3. Assign, apportion, allot, set apart.

4. Apply, use, employ, convert.

Appropriate, a. Adapted, fit, fitting, befitting, apt, pat, suitable, proper, becoming, due, seemly, agreeable, conformable, congruous, germane, convenient, pertinent, apposite, felicitous, applicable, apropos, to the point, to the purpose.

Appropriateness, n. Suitableness, fitness, propriety, aptness, appositeness, pertinency, pertness, relevancy, felicity, applicability.

Appropriation, n. 1. Seizure, capture, taking, taking to one's self.

2. Application (to a particular use).

3. Sum set apart (for a specific object).

Approval, n. 1. Approbation.

2. Support, sanction, assent, consent, concurrence, ratification.

Approve, v. a. 1. Commend, recommend, praise, like, appreciate, value, think well or favorably of, think highly of, speak well of, be pleased with.

2. Sanction, confirm, justify, ratify, sustain, make valid.

Approximate, a. 1. Proximate, approaching, coming near.

2. Nearly correct, nearly accurate or true.

Approximate, v. a. [Rare.] Bring near.

Approximate, v. n. Approach, come near.

Approximately, ad. Near, nearly, about, not far from.

Approximation, n. Approach.

Appulse, n. Collision, meeting, coming together, striking together.

Appulsive, a. Impinging, striking against.

Appurtenance, n. Adjunct, appendage, dependency.

Appurtenant, a. Belonging.