{
  "apocalypse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a great disaster":[
        "an environmental apocalypse"
      ],
      ": a large, disastrous fire : inferno":[
        "Most foresters agree that small, \"prescribed\" burns, carefully controlled, are essential to prevent the larger apocalypse .",
        "\u2014 Lance Morrow"
      ],
      ": armageddon":[],
      ": one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 b.c. to a.d. 150 marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom":[],
      ": revelation sense 3":[],
      ": something viewed as a prophetic revelation":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His book tells of an environmental apocalypse .",
      "the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Is everyone going to make it out of this apocalypse alive",
      "An apocalypse that keeps (a notion of) their world alive, at the expense of (a notion of) our own. \u2014 Longreads , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Westworld has signed Oscar winner Ariana DeBose to join the robot apocalypse for season four. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "The Sami Pavilion offered a more hopeful path out of the apocalypse , with artwork and performances depicting the struggle against colonialism by the Sami people, while also celebrating their traditions. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The Sami Pavilion offered a more hopeful path out of the apocalypse , with artwork and performances depicting the struggle against colonialism by the Sami people, while also celebrating their traditions. \u2014 Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "In contrast with most novels trading in survival or apocalypse , Yoon\u2019s protagonist is able to draw on our world\u2019s pop culture. \u2014 Ilana Masad, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Nurse Tup expertly navigates every accidental apocalypse created by renegade doctors Sleech and Klak, and looks good doing it. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Nurse Tup expertly navigates every accidental apocalypse created by renegade doctors Sleech and Klak, and looks good doing it. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English Apocalipse \"Revelation (the New Testament book),\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin apocalypsis \"revelation, the Book of Revelation,\" borrowed from Greek apok\u00e1lypsis \"uncovering, disclosure, revelation,\" from apokalyp-, stem of apokal\u00fdptein \"to uncover, disclose, reveal\" (from apo- apo- + kal\u00fdptein \"to cover, protect, conceal,\" of uncertain origin) + -sis -sis":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02cclips"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "calamity",
      "cataclysm",
      "catastrophe",
      "debacle",
      "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
      "disaster",
      "tragedy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021106",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apocalyptic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": foreboding imminent disaster or final doom : terrible":[
        "apocalyptic signs of the coming end-times"
      ],
      ": forecasting the ultimate destiny of the world : prophetic":[
        "apocalyptic warnings"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse":[
        "apocalyptic events"
      ],
      ": ultimately decisive : climactic":[
        "an apocalyptic battle"
      ],
      ": wildly unrestrained : grandiose":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "No one listened to her apocalyptic predictions.",
      "a less apocalyptic view of the future",
      "the apocalyptic destruction of the world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The post- apocalyptic drama imagines a world in which the North Sea island of Helgoland has become the last safe haven for humanity. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "It has been variously described as post- apocalyptic science fiction, a feminist cultural critique, an early eco-novel and a defense of animal rights. \u2014 Martin Riker, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "Here, the ghosts of a murderous past loom as harbingers of a potentially apocalyptic future. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The film is a little bit mystery, a little bit romance, with a touch of post- apocalyptic science fiction. \u2014 Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Nicolas Reveles set in a post-pandemic, post- apocalyptic world. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "And if those don't thrill you, former Disney Channel favorite Zac Efron feels the heat (and gets one heck of a sunburn) in a post- apocalyptic drama. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The sense of an apocalyptic drama on Saturday was heightened by eruptions of thunder and lightning around the volcano, as the ground shook with repeated tremors. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2021",
      "Yet for decades, says Dr. Hartmann, environmental rhetoric has leaned toward apocalyptic warnings. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin apocalypticus, derivative of apocalypsis apocalypse , by analogy with pairs such as ell\u012bpsis ellipsis : ell\u012bpticus elliptic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02c8lip-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "climacteric",
      "climactic"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094922",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "apocalyptical":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": foreboding imminent disaster or final doom : terrible":[
        "apocalyptic signs of the coming end-times"
      ],
      ": forecasting the ultimate destiny of the world : prophetic":[
        "apocalyptic warnings"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse":[
        "apocalyptic events"
      ],
      ": ultimately decisive : climactic":[
        "an apocalyptic battle"
      ],
      ": wildly unrestrained : grandiose":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "No one listened to her apocalyptic predictions.",
      "a less apocalyptic view of the future",
      "the apocalyptic destruction of the world",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The post- apocalyptic drama imagines a world in which the North Sea island of Helgoland has become the last safe haven for humanity. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
      "It has been variously described as post- apocalyptic science fiction, a feminist cultural critique, an early eco-novel and a defense of animal rights. \u2014 Martin Riker, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
      "Here, the ghosts of a murderous past loom as harbingers of a potentially apocalyptic future. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The film is a little bit mystery, a little bit romance, with a touch of post- apocalyptic science fiction. \u2014 Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "Nicolas Reveles set in a post-pandemic, post- apocalyptic world. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "And if those don't thrill you, former Disney Channel favorite Zac Efron feels the heat (and gets one heck of a sunburn) in a post- apocalyptic drama. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "The sense of an apocalyptic drama on Saturday was heightened by eruptions of thunder and lightning around the volcano, as the ground shook with repeated tremors. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2021",
      "Yet for decades, says Dr. Hartmann, environmental rhetoric has leaned toward apocalyptic warnings. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1633, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin apocalypticus, derivative of apocalypsis apocalypse , by analogy with pairs such as ell\u012bpsis ellipsis : ell\u012bpticus elliptic":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02c8lip-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "climacteric",
      "climactic"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194804",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "apocalypticism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The apocalypticism and the persecution complex of the movement are perfectly suited to the task. \u2014 Katherine Stewart, The New Republic , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Huntington doesn\u2019t pay much attention to conservative Protestant apocalypticism , which was a key factor in this era. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2021",
      "Death, violence and apocalypticism surged with the Black Death of the 1340s. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 June 2021",
      "Initially, white evangelical apocalypticism was conservative and anti-statist, but not overtly partisan. \u2014 Matthew Avery Sutton, The New Republic , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "Evangelical apocalypticism creates a very particular ideology and a very particular form of cultural engagement. \u2014 Matthew Avery Sutton, The New Republic , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "After the exhausting apocalypticism of the Trump presidency and the frustrating polarization of the past 20 years, there is a certain logic in returning to the values of experience, pragmatism, cooperation and unity. \u2014 David Greenberg, Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "Thus, socialism has returned at the same time as climate apocalypticism , transhuman and transgender ideology, anti-vaccination movements, anti-Semitism, conspiracies, and ethnonationalism. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "His annotations crackled with apocalypticism , offering readers a precise understanding of when the world would end and what would happen beforehand. \u2014 Liya Rechtman, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1858, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apocalypticism from apocalyptic + -ism ; apocalyptism from apocalypt(ic) + -ism":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02c8lip-t\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043817",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apocalyptist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the writer of an apocalypse":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apocalypt(ic) + -ist entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02cclip-tist"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192933",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apocarpous":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the carpels of the gynoecium separate":[
        "the buttercup is apocarpous",
        "\u2014 opposed to syncarpous"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -carpous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6k\u00e4rp\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050341",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "apocarpy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the state of being apocarpous":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apocarp ous + -y":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02cck\u00e4rp\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022305",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apocatastasis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek apokatastasis , literally restitution, recovery, from apo- + katastasis restoration, condition":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185106",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apogee":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bottom",
      "nadir",
      "rock bottom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the farthest or highest point : culmination":[
        "Aegean civilization reached its apogee in Crete."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "shag carpeting reached the apogee of its popularity in the 1970s but is now considered outdated",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The film marks the apogee of Eastwood and Leone spaghetti western cinema. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
      "Just remember that glass lenses, still the apogee of optics, are not meant for impact sports. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "In its understated way, this can be read as the apogee of the bildungsroman traced by Gunn\u2019s poetic oeuvre, as the moment the occluded requires no agency to declare itself, and the closet is revealed without shame or obfuscation. \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "An annular eclipse in which the Moon was at the furthest point from Earth in its orbit (the apogee ) would have been of particularly long duration. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Star Trek actor William Shatner experiences weightlessness during the apogee of the Blue Origin New Shepard mission NS-18 suborbital flight on Oct. 13. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The beltway media world has always had a sort of jones for celebrities, and celebrities have often loved them right back, a mutual appreciation society that reached its apogee during the correspondents\u2019 dinners of the Obama years. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
      "And his signature style \u2014 analog, unhurried, profoundly human \u2014 found its apogee in Boyhood, the 2014 coming-of-age masterstroke that took him 12 years to make. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The postwar period marked the apogee of the A.M.A.\u2019s political power. \u2014 Clifford Marks, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French apog\u00e9e , from New Latin apogaeum , from Greek apogaion , from neuter of apogeios, apogaios far from the earth, from apo- + g\u0113, gaia earth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-(\u02cc)j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "acme",
      "apex",
      "capstone",
      "climax",
      "crescendo",
      "crest",
      "crown",
      "culmination",
      "head",
      "height",
      "high noon",
      "high-water mark",
      "meridian",
      "ne plus ultra",
      "noon",
      "noontime",
      "peak",
      "pinnacle",
      "sum",
      "summit",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "zenith"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112611",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apologetic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "impenitent",
      "remorseless",
      "unapologetic",
      "unrepentant"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apologetics sense 1":[],
      ": feeling or showing regret : regretfully acknowledging fault or failure : expressing an apology":[
        "They were apologetic about the error.",
        "We received an apologetic letter.",
        "an apologetic smile/tone"
      ],
      ": offered in defense or vindication":[
        "the apologetic writings of the early Christians"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Especially as a woman, finding that voice and being able to be loud and strong, but also non- apologetic . \u2014 Ana Monroy Yglesias, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
      "This entails apologetic visits and phone calls that usually confuse or infuriate people who have done their best to move on. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
      "The Good News rap star says Tory Lanez was apologetic , immediately begging her and her friend Harris not to tell anyone what had occurred, even offering each of them $1 million for their silence in the moment. \u2014 Essence , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Ryan, who doesn\u2019t recall Keith at all, is abashed and apologetic . \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "Its feed is full of videos of despondent, apologetic and sometimes bloodied Russians who are allegedly prisoners of war, which some experts have argued violates the Geneva Conventions. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "My default mode is being a little apologetic and a bit of a people pleaser, and Phil is as far away from that as possible. \u2014 EW.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Still, the apologetic man finds a way to help them all. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Before Sabracos knew what was happening, the staffer had whipped out her cell phone and Sabracos was chatting onscreen with an apologetic Adele. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Fans of Premier League teams are angered by events, even after Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur released exit statements, which ranged from the apologetic to the matter-of-fact. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "As an evangelist, Zacharias focused on apologetics , which is the practice of offering answers to the most difficult moral, philosophical, and ethical challenges to his faith. \u2014 Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner , 19 May 2020",
      "Among movies dealing with deeply felt Christian apologetics , Malick\u2019s latest is a companion to A Man for All Seasons, and church groups ought to see it. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 23 Dec. 2019",
      "Lewis\u2019s writings \u2014 his fantasy, science fiction, apologetics , and theological essays \u2014 were as diverse as his public personae. \u2014 Joseph Loconte, National Review , 31 Aug. 2019",
      "That is an apologetics for white supremacy, an ideology with a long legacy of violence. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 23 May 2016"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1649, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apologetik, borrowed from Medieval Latin apolog\u0113ticus or apolog\u0113ticum, noun derivatives from masculine and neuter of Late Latin apolog\u0113ticus \"defensive, justifying\" \u2014 more at apologetic entry 1":"Noun",
      "borrowed from Late Latin apolog\u0113ticus \"defensive, justifying,\" borrowed from Greek apolog\u0113tik\u00f3s \"suitable for defence, offered in defense,\" from apolog\u0113-, variant stem of apolog\u00e9omai, apologe\u00eesthai \"to speak in defense, defend oneself, be an advocate for\" (Late Greek, \"be an advocate for the Christian faith\") (from apo- apo- + -logeomai, -logeisthai, verbal derivative of l\u00f3gos \"word, speech, argument\") + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at legend":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8je-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "compunctious",
      "contrite",
      "penitent",
      "regretful",
      "remorseful",
      "repentant",
      "rueful",
      "sorry"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194042",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apologist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-jist"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is a student petition on campus to silence him, calling him a defender or an apologist for Mr. Putin\u2019s war. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Mastriano has also worked in the state legislature to set aside Joe Biden\u2019s victory and has been a tireless apologist for Trump\u2019s efforts to sideline democracy. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 18 May 2022",
      "Sontag was a shameless apologist for aesthetic pleasure. \u2014 Design Art B., Longreads , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Many who view Schroeder as a Putin apologist are calling from him to step down from his executive positions with Gazprom, Rosneft and the Nord Stream gas pipeline projects. \u2014 Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "Jake Tapper, not exactly a Biden apologist , said afterward. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Former President Donald Trump, of course, has been an Olympic-level Putin apologist for years. \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "The largest individual donor to former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s (D-Hawaii) PAC in 2021 is an apologist for Vladimir Putin who runs a nonprofit that aims to foster cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Dan Orlovsky, known as a frequent Carson Wentz apologist , had a simple response. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin apologista, from Late Latin apologia \"defense in speech or writing\" + New Latin -ista -ist entry 1 \u2014 more at apology":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1640, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-052911"
  },
  "apologize":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to express regret for something done or said : to make an apology":[
        "He apologized for his mistake.",
        "She apologized to us for losing her temper."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The perpetrators publicly apologize for their crimes, while survivors profess forgiveness. \u2014 CNN , 22 June 2022",
      "Many feel the darkest and most formative chapter of their lives is being erased - not only by Marcos Jr., who refuses to acknowledge or apologize for his father\u2019s abuses, but also by their own families. \u2014 Michael E. Miller And Regine Cabato, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
      "In 2018, Charleston\u2019s City Council voted to formally denounce slavery and apologize for the city\u2019s role in the slave trade. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
      "Their boss, Marc Crawford, had to sallow his pride, publicly apologize and pay a $10,000 fine after trying to storm the Red Wings\u2019 bench, screaming his lungs out at Scotty Bowman and drawing coast-to-coast comparisons with a lunatic. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
      "Better to apologize directly to those whose land was allegedly taken. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "According to the affidavit, Gendron momentarily held his fire to apologize to a white store employee after shooting him in the leg, then returned to targeting Black people. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
      "According to the affidavit, Gendron momentarily held his fire to apologize to a white store employee after shooting him in the leg, then returned to targeting Black people. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson, ajc , 15 June 2022",
      "Pi\u00f1era was forced to apologize for his policies and to fire several cabinet ministers. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "earlier, \"to speak in justification (of),\" from apology + -ize":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02ccj\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093354",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "apologize for":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to offer a defense or excuse or admission of fault for (something)":[
        "\u2014 used in negative statements She doesn't apologize for her lifestyle."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050447",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "apologue":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an allegorical narrative usually intended to convey a moral":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the film is an apologue of sorts, but the message is couched in a zany and action-filled plot"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1555, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin apologus \"tale, fable,\" borrowed from Greek ap\u00f3logos \"tale, fable, allegory,\" from apo- apo- + l\u00f3gos \"word, speech, story\" \u2014 more at legend":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
      "-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "allegory",
      "fable",
      "parable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175045",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apology":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a poor substitute or example : makeshift":[
        "He's a poor apology for a father."
      ],
      ": an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret":[
        "a public apology"
      ],
      ": an expression of regret for not being able to do something":[
        "I won't be able to attend. Please give them my apologies ."
      ],
      ": excuse sense 2a":[],
      ": something that is said or written to defend something that other people criticize : defense":[
        "The book is an apology for capitalism."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This power stems from choosing when and with whom to bring life into the world\u2014without explanation or apology . \u2014 ELLE , 1 July 2022",
      "The #MeToo movement helped bring Kelly down, but Hampton says an apology from Kelly would have had increased value now that the cause for gender equality is facing a stiff backlash. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
      "Till\u2019s murder was officially closed by the Department of Justice, without apology , without justice according to Till\u2019s surviving relatives. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "Parents, however, said they were blindsided by the decision, which came a month after Fong\u2019s public apology and well after school let out for the summer. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 June 2022",
      "Authorities held a news conference on Thursday, with the city's mayor and other officials bowing in apology to residents. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 24 June 2022",
      "In 2010, former Africville occupants and their descendants received an apology from Nova Scotia and funds to rebuild the original church. \u2014 Natalie Preddie, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
      "Behind the splashy headlines of unicorn founders and companies lies a segment of the population swimming upstream without apology or designated path to equally successful outcomes. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
      "Whether they are meant to do a lot or a little, these exchanges are remarkably true to how people speak, whether unburdening themselves or making an apology or describing the creation of a dessert. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1533, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apologe \"formal defense,\" borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French apologie \"public defense in speech or writing,\" borrowed from Late Latin apologia, borrowed from Greek apolog\u00eda \"speech in defense\" (Late Greek, \"speech in defense of the Christian faith by a martyr, excuse, vindication before God\"), derivative (with -ia -ia entry 1 ) of apologe\u00eesthai \"to speak in defense, defend oneself\" \u2014 more at apologetic entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for apology apology , apologia , excuse , plea , pretext , alibi mean matter offered in explanation or defense. apology usually applies to an expression of regret for a mistake or wrong with implied admission of guilt or fault and with or without reference to mitigating or extenuating circumstances. said by way of apology that he would have met them if he could apologia implies not admission of guilt or regret but a desire to make clear the grounds for some course, belief, or position. his speech was an apologia for his foreign policy excuse implies an intent to avoid or remove blame or censure. used illness as an excuse for missing the meeting plea stresses argument or appeal for understanding or sympathy or mercy. her usual plea that she was nearsighted pretext suggests subterfuge and the offering of false reasons or motives in excuse or explanation. used any pretext to get out of work alibi implies a desire to shift blame or evade punishment and imputes mere plausibility to the explanation. his alibi failed to stand scrutiny",
    "synonyms":[
      "alibi",
      "defense",
      "excuse",
      "justification",
      "plea",
      "reason"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234735",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apoplectic":{
    "antonyms":[
      "angerless",
      "delighted",
      "pleased"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": extremely enraged":[
        "was apoplectic over the news"
      ],
      ": of a kind to cause or apparently cause stroke":[
        "an apoplectic rage"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Giuliani was apoplectic when the gangster fought off murder and racketeering charges and sauntered out of court in March 1987 after a sensational acquittal to bask in the TV lights. \u2014 Gail Sheehy , Vanity Fair , June 2000",
      "The quarrel was splendidly acrimonious. When Charles Perrault, now remembered for his fairy tales, rose in the French Academy in 1687 to champion modern authors, Nicolas Boileau, the arbiter of taste, waxed so apoplectic he lost his voice. \u2014 David Coward , New York Times Book Review , 27 Apr. 1997",
      "Don Hewitt, the program's venerable executive producer, becomes positively apoplectic when I mention the subject during a conversation about Amanpour's job negotiations. The three networks had offered her the opportunity to contribute to their evening news shows as well as to their newsmagazines. \u2014 Leslie Bennetts , Vanity Fair , September 1996",
      "She was positively apoplectic with anger when she realized she had been cheated.",
      "the coach was so apoplectic when the player missed the free throw that he threw his clipboard onto the court",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Carlson was spending the week in Budapest, delivering each day\u2019s American headline news in his selectively apoplectic style. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "Summer was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 \u2013 her inclusion setting off the usual apoplectic bellowing from those who decry any artist not tethered to an electric guitar. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "Sometimes, as in Bostock, his opinions will leave conservatives apoplectic . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "An unscientific polling of my Gen-X friends, who have supported this team since its heyday in the 1980s, revealed apoplectic reaction and disbelief that a two-year process to reboot the organization birthed ... \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "There is no doubt, however, that Trump will be apoplectic that his three Supreme Court nominees, Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, did not publicly dissent from denying his bid to keep his West Wing records secret. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Our allies have been apoplectic and haven't been shy about sharing their anger and dismay with journalists, many of whom are equally furious about colleagues in Afghanistan facing a dismal future. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "After the Star of Peace is stolen and the security guards are drugged and everyone is apoplectic , the cops show up. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Solar industry leaders were apoplectic , saying the new requirement would be impossible to meet and would crash the market. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French or Late Latin; French apoplectique , from Late Latin apoplecticus , from Greek apopl\u0113ktikos , from apopl\u0113ssein \u2014 more at apoplexy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8plek-tik",
      "\u02ccap-\u0259-\u02c8plek-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "angered",
      "angry",
      "ballistic",
      "cheesed off",
      "choleric",
      "enraged",
      "foaming",
      "fuming",
      "furious",
      "hopping",
      "horn-mad",
      "hot",
      "incensed",
      "indignant",
      "inflamed",
      "enflamed",
      "infuriate",
      "infuriated",
      "irate",
      "ireful",
      "livid",
      "mad",
      "outraged",
      "rabid",
      "rankled",
      "riled",
      "riley",
      "roiled",
      "shirty",
      "sore",
      "steamed up",
      "steaming",
      "teed off",
      "ticked",
      "wrathful",
      "wroth"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110441",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "apostate":{
    "antonyms":[
      "loyalist"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who commits apostasy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics",
      "became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An apostate from the faith, a heretic, or a schismatic automatically incurs excommunication, when the delict (or violation) is committed. \u2014 Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review , 13 June 2021",
      "This would be the case also for an apostate , heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon. \u2014 Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review , 13 June 2021",
      "Like many in the early 1970s, Weberman saw his hero as an apostate , who had forsaken his role as the voice of a generation. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
      "Ahsoka Tano is a kick-ass Jedi apostate introduced in The Clone Wars animated series who ended up becoming a fan-favorite character. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "Porter McConnell, the youngest daughter of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, may be a true apostate . \u2014 Horacio Silva, Town & Country , 4 Aug. 2020",
      "Picture the apostate disembarking from the motorcycle, in a paisley shirt, a scarf, and tight pants tucked into high boots, and rolling into his human-sexuality class at Golden West. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2020",
      "In their millenarian ardor and inflexible support for Israel, the neocons find themselves in a position precisely cognate to evangelical Christians\u2014both groups of true believers trying to enact their vision through an apostate . \u2014 Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic , 23 Jan. 2020",
      "In several influential books still widely read today, Ghazali declared two long-dead leading Muslim philosophers, Farabi and Ibn Sina, apostates for their unorthodox views on God\u2019s power and the nature of resurrection. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apostata, apostate, in part continuing Old English apostata (weak noun), in part borrowed from Anglo-French apostate, apostata, both borrowed from Late Latin apostata \"rebel against God, fallen Christian, heretic,\" borrowed from Late Greek apost\u00e1t\u0113s \"rebel against God, apostate,\" going back to Greek, \"defector, rebel,\" from aposta-, variant stem of aph\u00edstamai, aph\u00edstasthai \"to stand away from, keep aloof from, revolt\" + -t\u0113s, agent suffix \u2014 more at apostasy":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-st\u0259t",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-\u02ccst\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "defector",
      "deserter",
      "recreant",
      "renegade"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202344",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apostle":{
    "antonyms":[
      "adversary",
      "antagonist",
      "opponent"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who initiates a great moral reform or who first advocates an important belief or system":[],
      ": an ardent supporter : adherent":[
        "apostles of high technology"
      ],
      ": one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men":[],
      ": one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul":[],
      ": one sent on a mission: such as":[],
      ": the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group":[
        "St. Boniface, the Apostle of Germany"
      ],
      ": the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a fervent apostle of universal health care",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Even so, the apostle pointed to a recent Salt Lake Tribune story that separated the fact from the fiction in the show. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "As an apostle of the dangers of disinformation, Mr. Obama might be an imperfect messenger. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Also: Church faces tithing scrutiny in Australia and an apostle shares Ramadan message. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Saul Griffith is perhaps the world\u2019s leading apostle of electrification. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "On Thursday at dawn, Christofferson, the first Latter-day Saint apostle to tour West Africa in two years, offered a prayer at an ocean overlook to formally dedicate Gambia. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Boyd Packer served as an apostle for 45 years, from April 9, 1970, until his death July 3, 2015, at age 90. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "However, some are surprised to learn that the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland was never canonized as saint by the Catholic Church. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apostel, apostle, postel, in part going back to Old English apostol, in part borrowed from Anglo-French apostle, apostoile, appostre, both borrowed from Late Latin apostolus \"ambassador, Apostle (of the New Testament),\" borrowed from Greek ap\u00f3stolos \"messenger, envoy, (Septuagint) messenger from God, (New Testament) Apostle,\" noun derivative of apost\u00e9llein \"to send off or away, dispatch,\" from apo- apo- + st\u00e9llein \"to set in order, equip, prepare for a journey, send,\" going back to Indo-European *stel- \"put up, prepare,\" whence also Old Church Slavic po stelj\u01eb, po st\u012dlati \"to spread out,\" Albanian shtiell \"wind up, reel up, collect\" (from *stel-n- ) and perhaps Old Prussian stall\u012bt \"to stand,\" Armenian ste\u0142canem, (aorist) ste\u0142ci \"prepare, create\" (with -c- of uncertain origin)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "advocate",
      "advocator",
      "backer",
      "booster",
      "champion",
      "espouser",
      "exponent",
      "expounder",
      "friend",
      "gospeler",
      "gospeller",
      "herald",
      "hierophant",
      "high priest",
      "paladin",
      "promoter",
      "proponent",
      "protagonist",
      "supporter",
      "true believer",
      "tub-thumper",
      "white knight"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074356",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apothegm":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "her mother endlessly repeated the apothegm \u201ccleanliness is next to godliness\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As with every Together Live speaker, each apothegm is met with exuberant applause. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Ghertner, Vogue , 10 Jan. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin apothegma, apophthegma, borrowed from Greek apophthegmat-, ap\u00f3phthegma , from apophtheg-, stem of apophth\u00e9ngomai, apophth\u00e9ngesthai \"to speak one's opinion plainly, utter a pithy saying\" (from apo- apo- + phth\u00e9ngomai, phth\u00e9ngesthai \"to utter a sound, speak clearly,\" of obscure origin) + -mat-, -ma, resultative noun suffix":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccthem"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adage",
      "aphorism",
      "byword",
      "epigram",
      "maxim",
      "proverb",
      "saw",
      "saying",
      "sententia",
      "word"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211145",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apothegmatic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "her mother endlessly repeated the apothegm \u201ccleanliness is next to godliness\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As with every Together Live speaker, each apothegm is met with exuberant applause. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Ghertner, Vogue , 10 Jan. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin apothegma, apophthegma, borrowed from Greek apophthegmat-, ap\u00f3phthegma , from apophtheg-, stem of apophth\u00e9ngomai, apophth\u00e9ngesthai \"to speak one's opinion plainly, utter a pithy saying\" (from apo- apo- + phth\u00e9ngomai, phth\u00e9ngesthai \"to utter a sound, speak clearly,\" of obscure origin) + -mat-, -ma, resultative noun suffix":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccthem"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adage",
      "aphorism",
      "byword",
      "epigram",
      "maxim",
      "proverb",
      "saw",
      "saying",
      "sententia",
      "word"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222240",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "apotheosis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": elevation to divine status : deification":[
        "the apotheosis of Roman emperors"
      ],
      ": the highest or best part of something : peak":[
        "The city reaches its apotheosis at the holiday \u2026",
        "\u2014 David Leavin"
      ],
      ": the perfect form or example of something : quintessence":[
        "the apotheosis of Hollywood glamour",
        "\u2026 Nelson Rockefeller, the other top contender and the apotheosis of liberal Republicanism.",
        "\u2014 Sam Tanenhaus"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the apotheosis of the picaresque novel",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Much of the fashion associated with the \u201960s was actually introduced \u2013 or reached its apotheosis \u2013 in the early and middle years of the \u201970s. \u2014 Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "To Samet, this mythmaking reached its apotheosis around the turn of the century, with the publication of books by Stephen Ambrose and Tom Brokaw. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "His apotheosis included a meeting with the idol of the right, former President Donald Trump, at Mar-a-Lago. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Donatello is the Precursor \u2014 the opening act to Michelangelo\u2019s thundering apotheosis . \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "It\u2019s kind of the apotheosis of the endcap in digital heaven. \u2014 David Doty, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "That it's all based in fact marks All the President's Men as the apotheosis of the '70s paranoid thriller. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 27 June 2021",
      "In this action adventure, the apotheosis of his career thus far, cheerful idiocy occasionally rises to the level of delectable lunacy. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "In Hawaii, the death of Captain James Cook came to be regarded as the tragic apotheosis of a man mistaken for a god. \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Late Latin apothe\u014dsis \"transformation into a god, deification,\" borrowed from Greek apoth\u00e9\u014dsis, from apothe\u014d-, variant stem of apothe\u00f3\u014d, apotheo\u00fbn \"to transform into a god, deify\" (from apo- apo- + theo\u00fbn \"to make a god of,\" verbal derivative of the\u00f3s \"god\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at theo-":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-th\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8th\u0113-\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "acme",
      "beau ideal",
      "byword",
      "classic",
      "epitome",
      "exemplar",
      "ideal",
      "perfection",
      "quintessence"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112128",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "apojove":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the point farthest from the planet Jupiter in the orbit of each of its satellites":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccj\u014dv"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin apojovium , from apo- + -jovium (from Jovis Jupiter)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142900"
  },
  "apocrine gland":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gland and especially a sweat gland that secretes a viscous fluid into a hair follicle (as in the armpit or groin), is lined with a single layer of usually columnar cells, and typically does not become active until puberty":[],
      "\u2014 compare eccrine gland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That type of sweat comes from the apocrine glands , which are located mainly in the underarm and groin. \u2014 Robert J. Davis, CNN , 28 Feb. 2018",
      "Humans also have apocrine glands , primarily in the armpit and groin. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 7 Dec. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154437"
  },
  "apoise":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in readiness : poised":[
        "bridesmaids were apoise to resume their places",
        "\u2014 Edith Wharton"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 1 + poise (verb)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162103"
  },
  "apocrine":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cckr\u0113n",
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-kr\u0259n",
      "\u02c8ap-\u0259-kr\u0259n",
      "-\u02cckr\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the glands found in the armpits and genital area are different: apocrine glands excrete a thicker fluid that \u2014 upon contact with bacteria found on the skin \u2014 results in body odor. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 17 June 2022",
      "In addition to sweat, apocrine glands release substances like fat and proteins that can lead to body odor when sweat mixes with the normal bacteria found on the skin. \u2014 Jessica Toscano, SELF , 7 June 2022",
      "Your apocrine glands are located where bad body odor is common, such as the armpits or groin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "While surgery can be an option at any stage on an individual lesion if the pain is major enough, wide surgical removal of an affected area and apocrine glands is most common in Hurley stage III. \u2014 Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "So Cruz, given his background as a Harvard Law graduate and fearsome Texas solicitor general, could have defended his position without activating his apocrine glands. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Mammals have three types of sweat glands: apocrine , sebaceous and eccrine. \u2014 Asher Y. Rosinger, Scientific American , 1 July 2021",
      "Most of our potent body odour arises from a kind of sweat that emerges from apocrine glands in our armpits. \u2014 Sarah Everts, Time , 21 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from German apokrin, from apo- apo- + -krin, as in merokrin merocrine":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040241"
  },
  "apo-":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "prefix"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apolipoprotein":[
        "\u2014 usually used with a letter or letter and number"
      ],
      "army post office":[],
      ": away from : off":[
        "ap helion"
      ],
      ": detached : separate":[
        "apo gamy"
      ],
      ": formed from : related to":[
        "apo morphine"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u014d",
      "\u02c8a-\u02ccp\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek, from apo \u2014 more at of":"Prefix"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1972, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062614"
  },
  "apothecary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes":[],
      ": pharmacy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccke-r\u0113",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4th-\u0259-\u02ccker-\u0113",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-th\u0259-\u02ccker-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chemist",
      "druggist",
      "pharmacist"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "in olden days the apothecary had few drugs that actually cured anything, most substances being little more than pain relievers",
      "the historic village boasts an old-fashioned apothecary that's been there for almost a century and a half",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 9,000 square foot spa, Thistle, will come equipped with outdoor hot tubs, an indoor saltwater pool, five single treatment rooms, a couples\u2019 treatment room and a modern apothecary . \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
      "The Medical History Tour includes a visit to the historic Captain Enoch Remick House to see a collection of 19th- and 20th-century medical tools and equipment, treatment areas, and an apothecary that predates the earliest local pharmacy. \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The space, as Green noted in the Top 10 ranking, was formerly occupied by an apothecary in the 1950s. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
      "What started as a small apothecary in New York has grown into one of the most recognizable skincare companies in the world. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "This summer, the courtyard will feature the artist Jackie Sumell\u2019s mobile apothecary of healing herbs grown with incarcerated people \u2014 the culmination of a yearlong collaboration between the museum, the Lower Eastside Girls Club and the artist. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "But the explosion of tidy cubbies and drawers that causes an ultramodern kitchen to resemble the study of a 19th-century apothecary is not merely the result of refrigerators becoming cabinets. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "The right tiny glass bottles, which will make your bathroom look like a chic apothecary , can transform your face better than almost anything, short of a visit to the dermatologist. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 2 Apr. 2021",
      "The right tiny glass bottles, which will make your bathroom look like a chic apothecary , can transform your face better than almost anything, short of a visit to the dermatologist. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 2 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apothecarie, apotecarie, pothecarie, borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French apothecaire, ipotecaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin apot\u0113c\u0101rius, apoth\u0113c\u0101rius, going back to Late Latin, \"shopkeeper,\" from Latin apoth\u0113ca \"storeroom, storehouse, repository\" (borrowed from Greek apoth\u1e17k\u0113, from apoth\u0113-, variant stem of apotith\u00e9nai \"to put away, stow away\" \u2014from apo- apo- + tith\u00e9nai \"to put, place\"\u2014 + -k\u0113, noun suffix) + -\u0101rius -ary entry 1 \u2014 more at do entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075957"
  },
  "apothecaries' weight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a system of weights used chiefly by pharmacists":[
        "\u2014 see Weights and Measures Table"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1700, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083640"
  },
  "apothecium":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a spore-bearing structure in many lichens and fungi consisting of a discoid or cupped body bearing asci on the exposed flat or concave surface":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-s\u0113-",
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8th\u0113-sh\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from New Latin apoth\u0113cium, from Greek apoth\u1e17k\u0113 \"storehouse, repository\" + New Latin -ium -ium \u2014 more at apothecary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1805, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083858"
  },
  "apocope":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the loss of one or more sounds or letters at the end of a word (as in sing from Old English singan )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259-(\u02cc)p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Late Latin apocop\u0113, borrowed from Greek apocop\u1e17, literally, \"a cutting off,\" noun derivative from the base of apok\u00f3ptein \"to cut off, chop off,\" from apo- apo- + k\u00f3ptein \"to strike, knock, hew, fell with a weapon,\" perhaps going back to dialectal Indo-European *kop- \"strike, fell,\" whence also Lithuanian kapi\u00f9, k\u00e0pti \"to hew, fell,\" kap\u00f3ti \"to hew, chop,\" Russian kop\u00e1t' \"to dig\"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085512"
  },
  "apocopate":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to shorten (a word) by apocope":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apocope + -ate entry 4":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1826, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110104"
  },
  "apostle bird":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bird that goes about in small flocks:":[],
      ": a loud-voiced gray crowlike bird ( Struthidea cinerea ) with brown wings and black legs and bill":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145107"
  },
  "Apothecary rose":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gallica rose ( Rosa gallica var. officinales ) with very fragrant, semidouble , deep pink flowers having petals used in perfumery and potpourri and formerly in medicinal remedies (as for indigestion or sore throat)":[
        "One of the most historical of the Gallicas , Rosa gallica officinales (before 1300), is the red rose that signified the House of Lancaster and was known as the \" Apothecary rose \" \u2026",
        "\u2014 John Albert , The Homeowner , July/August 1983"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174310"
  },
  "apodictic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": expressing or of the nature of necessary truth or absolute certainty":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8dik-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin apodicticus , from Greek apodeiktikos , from apodeiknynai to demonstrate, from apo- + deiknynai to show \u2014 more at diction":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204915"
  },
  "Apodia":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apoda":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0101\u02c8p\u014dd\u0113\u0259",
      "a\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, from apod-, apous + -ia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224830"
  },
  "apostlehood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the office or status of an apostle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cchu\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apostlehed, apostlehod , from Old English apostolh\u0101d , from apostol + -h\u0101d -hood":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232242"
  },
  "apochromatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": free from chromatic and spherical aberration":[
        "an apochromatic lens"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap-\u0259-kr\u014d-\u02c8mat-ik",
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-kr\u014d-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + chromatic entry 1 , after achromatic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1886, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233633"
  },
  "apolysis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the prayer of dismissal used at the conclusion of a service in the Eastern Church":[],
      ": the shedding of ripe proglottids during life (as in most tapeworms) \u2014 compare anapolysis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4\u02c8p\u022fl\u0113\u02ccs\u0113s",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4l\u0259s\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Greek, from Greek, loosening, dismissal, from apolyein to loose from, release, dismiss (from apo- + lyein to loosen, free, destroy) + -sis":"Noun",
      "New Latin, from apo- + -lysis":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002531"
  },
  "Apodi":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a suborder of Apodiformes that comprises the swifts":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccd\u0113",
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccd\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek apodoi , plural of apous footless, from a- a- entry 2 + -pous (from pous foot)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003844"
  },
  "apolytikion":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the concluding hymn sung in the Eastern Church at the end of offices (such as matins and vespers) and varying from day to day according to the calendar":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4\u02ccp\u022fl\u0113\u02c8t\u0113\u02ccky\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle Greek, alteration of apolytikon , from neuter of apolytikos absolving, dismissing, from Greek apolytos freed, dismissed (from apolyein to dismiss) + -ikos -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005812"
  },
  "Apodidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a widely distributed family of birds (order Apodiformes ) comprising the swifts and having flat skulls and all toes pointing forward but being swallowlike in appearance and behavior":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4d\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Apod-, Apus (synonym of Triops ), type genus + -idae":"Plural noun",
      "New Latin, from Apod-, Apus , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012137"
  },
  "apochromat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an apochromatic lens":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "usually -at + V",
      "\u00a6ap\u0259kr\u014d\u00a6mat",
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8kr\u014d\u02ccm-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, back-formation from apochromatisch apochromatic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044937"
  },
  "apostolic delegate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ecclesiastical representative of the Holy See to the Catholic hierarchy of another country":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Marino has been serving as apostolic nuncio to Malaysia and East Timor, and apostolic delegate to Brunei. \u2014 Greg Garrison | Ggarrison@al.com, al , 11 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1801, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051305"
  },
  "apothecary rose":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gallica rose ( Rosa gallica var. officinales ) with very fragrant, semidouble , deep pink flowers having petals used in perfumery and potpourri and formerly in medicinal remedies (as for indigestion or sore throat)":[
        "One of the most historical of the Gallicas , Rosa gallica officinales (before 1300), is the red rose that signified the House of Lancaster and was known as the \" Apothecary rose \" \u2026",
        "\u2014 John Albert , The Homeowner , July/August 1983"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053032"
  },
  "apostolic church":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Christian church as founded by the apostles":[],
      ": a church founded by an apostle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-053307"
  },
  "apocha trium annorum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a written receipt for a debt due (such as rent or interest) for three consecutive separate yearly or periodical payments from which the payment of the preceding installments is presumed":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u00a6tr\u012b\u0259-",
      "-\u00a6tr\u0113\u0259m\u0259\u02c8n\u014dr\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, literally, three year receipt":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061206"
  },
  "Apodes":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of soft-finned, elongated, and probably degenerate fishes consisting of the eels, often including the morays and in old classifications also many others having no pelvic fins, and being now commonly treated as an order but sometimes as including several orders or, formerly, made a division of the Physostomi":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccd\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, masculine & feminine plural of apod-, apous footless":"Plural noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070003"
  },
  "apodiform":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the Apodiformes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4d\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Apodiformes":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073942"
  },
  "apocrisiarius":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02cckriz(h)\u0113\u02c8a(a)r\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin apocrisiarius, apocrisarius , from Late Greek apokrisis message (from Greek, answer, from apokrinesthai to answer\u2014from apokrinein to separate, choose, from apo- + krinein to separate, distinguish, decide\u2014 + -sis ) + Latin -arius -ary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082838"
  },
  "apophenia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas)":[
        "What psychologists call apophenia \u2014the human tendency to see connections and patterns that are not really there\u2014gives rise to conspiracy theories.",
        "\u2014 George Johnson"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare pareidolia":[
        "What psychologists call apophenia \u2014the human tendency to see connections and patterns that are not really there\u2014gives rise to conspiracy theories.",
        "\u2014 George Johnson"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8f\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1999, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083501"
  },
  "apostolic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to an apostle":[],
      ": of, relating to, or conforming to the teachings of the New Testament apostles":[],
      ": of or relating to a succession of spiritual authority from the apostles held (as by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Eastern Orthodox) to be perpetuated by successive ordinations of bishops and to be necessary for valid sacraments and orders":[],
      ": papal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8st\u00e4-lik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Andrew Bellisario has served as Juneau bishop since 2017 and as the apostolic administrator in Anchorage since last summer. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2020",
      "Pope John Paul II elevated him to auxiliary bishop in 2001 and made Bishop Lennon apostolic administrator of the archdiocese in December 2002. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Oct. 2019",
      "The pope has appointed Baker as apostolic administrator of the diocese until Raica\u2019s installation Mass, scheduled for June 23 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham. \u2014 al , 25 Mar. 2020",
      "Pope Francis\u2019 apostolic exhortation on the Amazon Synod, released Wednesday, is no truth-and-tradition-shredding document. \u2014 Tim Busch And Mary Rice Hasson, WSJ , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "Between Perez and predecessor, Bishop Richard Lennon, the pope appointed an apostolic administrator. \u2014 Emily Bamforth, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "In theory, apostolic visitations need not be punitive. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "In August 2015, Denton reported his rape to Apuron\u2019s superior, the apostolic nuncio for the Pacific. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2019",
      "Lennon become the archdiocese\u2019s apostolic administrator and temporary leader. \u2014 Grant Segall, cleveland , 5 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English appostolike, borrowed from Late Latin apostolicus, borrowed from Late Greek apostolik\u00f3s, from Greek ap\u00f3stolos \"messenger, envoy, apostle \" + -ikos -ic entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085055"
  },
  "apolipoprotein":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a protein that combines with a lipid to form a lipoprotein":[
        "\u2014 often used with a letter or letter and number"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccli-",
      "-\u02cct\u0113-\u0259n",
      "\u02ccap-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b-p\u014d-\u02c8pr\u014d-\u02cct\u0113n, -\u02cclip-\u014d-, -\u02c8pr\u014dt-\u0113-\u0259n",
      "\u02cca-p\u014d-\u02ccl\u012b-p\u014d-\u02c8pr\u014d-\u02cct\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The bacteria-slaying, soap-like protein is an apolipoprotein called APOL3. \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 July 2021",
      "To assess young people\u2019s cholesterol levels, measurements were recorded periodically from 1999 to 2016 for total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides (a type of fat) and apolipoprotein B (a protein component of LDL). \u2014 Linda Searing, chicagotribune.com , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Schulz said those who are interested in participating first go through a genetic test done by a cheek swab to study their apolipoprotein (APOE) genes, which are found in three variants. \u2014 Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2018",
      "Schulz said those who are interested in participating first go through a genetic test done by a cheek swab to study their apolipoprotein (APOE) genes, which are found in three variants. \u2014 Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle , 9 Apr. 2018",
      "Instead, a blood protein known as apolipoprotein B (apoB) is a truer indicator of the threat to our arteries, the doctors say. \u2014 Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS , 8 Dec. 2017",
      "Since 1993, when this variant of the apolipoprotein E gene was found to multiply the risk of the most common form of Alzheimer's disease, researchers have probed its connections to \u03b2-amyloid, the dominant suspect for the cause of the illness. \u2014 Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS , 22 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1966, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090744"
  },
  "Apodiformes":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order of birds with long narrow wings and weak feet that comprises the swifts and the humming birds":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02ccp\u00e4d\u0259\u02c8f\u022fr\u02ccm\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Apod-, Apus + -iformes":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094101"
  },
  "Apodemus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus consisting of the Old World field mice":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8d\u0113m\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek apod\u0113mos abroad, from apod\u0113mein to go abroad, be abroad, from apo- + d\u0113mos country, people":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094325"
  },
  "apophonic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to ablaut : cognate in a manner explainable in terms of apophony":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6fanik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-100349"
  },
  "apostles":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one sent on a mission: such as":[],
      ": one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul":[],
      ": the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group":[
        "St. Boniface, the Apostle of Germany"
      ],
      ": a person who initiates a great moral reform or who first advocates an important belief or system":[],
      ": an ardent supporter : adherent":[
        "apostles of high technology"
      ],
      ": the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations":[],
      ": one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "advocate",
      "advocator",
      "backer",
      "booster",
      "champion",
      "espouser",
      "exponent",
      "expounder",
      "friend",
      "gospeler",
      "gospeller",
      "herald",
      "hierophant",
      "high priest",
      "paladin",
      "promoter",
      "proponent",
      "protagonist",
      "supporter",
      "true believer",
      "tub-thumper",
      "white knight"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "adversary",
      "antagonist",
      "opponent"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a fervent apostle of universal health care",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Even so, the apostle pointed to a recent Salt Lake Tribune story that separated the fact from the fiction in the show. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "As an apostle of the dangers of disinformation, Mr. Obama might be an imperfect messenger. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Also: Church faces tithing scrutiny in Australia and an apostle shares Ramadan message. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Saul Griffith is perhaps the world\u2019s leading apostle of electrification. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "On Thursday at dawn, Christofferson, the first Latter-day Saint apostle to tour West Africa in two years, offered a prayer at an ocean overlook to formally dedicate Gambia. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "Boyd Packer served as an apostle for 45 years, from April 9, 1970, until his death July 3, 2015, at age 90. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "However, some are surprised to learn that the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland was never canonized as saint by the Catholic Church. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 28 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apostel, apostle, postel, in part going back to Old English apostol, in part borrowed from Anglo-French apostle, apostoile, appostre, both borrowed from Late Latin apostolus \"ambassador, Apostle (of the New Testament),\" borrowed from Greek ap\u00f3stolos \"messenger, envoy, (Septuagint) messenger from God, (New Testament) Apostle,\" noun derivative of apost\u00e9llein \"to send off or away, dispatch,\" from apo- apo- + st\u00e9llein \"to set in order, equip, prepare for a journey, send,\" going back to Indo-European *stel- \"put up, prepare,\" whence also Old Church Slavic po stelj\u01eb, po st\u012dlati \"to spread out,\" Albanian shtiell \"wind up, reel up, collect\" (from *stel-n- ) and perhaps Old Prussian stall\u012bt \"to stand,\" Armenian ste\u0142canem, (aorist) ste\u0142ci \"prepare, create\" (with -c- of uncertain origin)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-101409"
  },
  "apoptosis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genetically directed process of cell self-destruction that is marked by the fragmentation of nuclear DNA, is activated either by the presence of a stimulus or removal of a suppressing agent or stimulus, is a normal physiological process eliminating DNA-damaged, superfluous, or unwanted cells, and when halted (as by gene mutation) may result in uncontrolled cell growth and tumor formation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259p-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "-p\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-",
      "\u02cca-p\u0259p-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s, -p\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In many of the patients, the apoptotic cells also contained viral antigens, further indicating that apoptosis was a direct consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The second study provides an entirely different mechanism for the potential action of CBD against SARS-CoV-2 through a response called apoptosis . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "When a cell dies via apoptosis , a natural process the body uses to remove damaged cells, PS becomes exposed to the outside of that cell. \u2014 Sathy Balu-iyer, The Conversation , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "The second notable change occurs in another process, apoptosis . \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "In the average adult, apoptosis triggers the death of 50 to 70 billion cells within a single day. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "In Orf3a, the protein that oversees apoptosis , or cell death, the researchers note the S261L mutation. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "This protein regulates apoptosis , which is a major factor in viral pathogenicity. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 3 Sep. 2021",
      "In one study in rats, swimming was shown to stimulate brain pathways that suppress inflammation in the hippocampus and inhibit apoptosis , or cell death. \u2014 Seena Mathew, Quartz , 31 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek apopt\u014dsis a falling off, from apopiptein to fall off, from apo- + piptein to fall \u2014 more at feather":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1972, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-101615"
  },
  "Apocrypha":{
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": writings or statements of dubious authenticity":[],
      ": books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament \u2014 see Bible Table":[],
      ": early Christian writings not included in the New Testament":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-kr\u0259-f\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even Steve Jobs wouldn\u2019t let his kids play with iPads, or so the apocrypha goes. \u2014 Carter Bays, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "Why complicate a perfectly fun bunch of sequels with the strictures of continuity and apocrypha ? \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 11 Feb. 2021",
      "Where Nay\u2019s book was something of a meditation on Patriotic themes in Mormon teaching, the Bundy additions \u2014 this post-2014 apocrypha \u2014 change the entire document. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Longreads , 18 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin, neuter plural (for scripta apocrypha \"uncanonical writings\") of Late Latin apocryphus \"secret, of doubtful authenticity, uncanonical,\" borrowed from Greek ap\u00f3kryphos \"hidden, concealed, obscure,\" verbal adjective of apokr\u00fdptein \"to hide (from), keep hidden (from),\" from apo- apo- + kr\u00fdptein \"to conceal, hide\" \u2014 more at crypt":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104031"
  },
  "apopyle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the openings by which the water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccp\u012bl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + Greek pyl\u0113 gate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104206"
  },
  "apophatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8fa-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin apophaticus \"negative, negating,\" borrowed from Greek apophatik\u00f3s , adjective derivative of ap\u00f3phasis \"denial\"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1850, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104255"
  },
  "apoplexy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stroke sense 5":[
        "The medical evidence showed conclusively that death was due to apoplexy .",
        "\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle"
      ],
      ": gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ":[
        "pituitary apoplexy"
      ],
      ": a state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger":[
        "\u2026 he had irritated his superior into apoplexy \u2026",
        "\u2014 Kevin Patterson",
        "\u2026 this latest attraction has sparked apoplexy among some environmentalists.",
        "\u2014 Jayne Clark"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap-\u0259-\u02ccplek-s\u0113",
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccplek-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Her speech caused apoplexy among the audience members.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Never felt a single symptom, unless apoplexy is one of them. \u2014 James Lileks, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Currently, the top cause of death globally is ischemic heart disease and the second is cerebral apoplexy (stroke). \u2014 Billboard Japan, Billboard , 16 Apr. 2021",
      "Giants fans in a state of apoplexy should know two things, one comforting, one not so much. \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "The mass cultural apoplexy in 2013 around the introduction of the cronut by Dominique Answel, a baker from New York, meanwhile, pretty much speaks for itself. \u2014 Tim Martin, 1843 , 13 June 2019",
      "In fact, many policies that Sweden has today would send Bernie into apoplexy . \u2014 WSJ , 25 Apr. 2019",
      "Bendig, 84, died of complications from a pituitary apoplexy on June 3 at the Avantara Park Ridge nursing and rehabilitation center in Park Ridge, said his son Ray. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com , 17 June 2018",
      "Slowly, for all the sound and fury of Arsenal Fan TV and the apoplexy on social media, expectations have lowered. \u2014 Jonathan Wilson, SI.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
      "Strange finished second, which sent mainstream Republicans like McConnell into apoplexy . \u2014 Matthew Cooper, Newsweek , 25 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apoplexie , from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin apoplexia , from Greek apopl\u0113xia , from apopl\u0113ssein to cripple by a stroke, from apo- + pl\u0113ssein to strike \u2014 more at plaint":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-105403"
  },
  "Apostle Islands":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "group of islands in southwestern Lake Superior off the northwestern coast of Wisconsin":[
        "preserved as part of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110916"
  },
  "apostle jug":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a jug with raised figures of apostles on it":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-111909"
  },
  "apodeme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the internal ridges or ingrowths from the exoskeleton of most arthropods that support the internal organs, provide points of attachment for the muscles, and constitute the endoskeleton of the animal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccd\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin apodema , from apo- + -dema (from Greek demas body, bodily build); akin to Greek demein to build":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-112758"
  },
  "apothecary jar":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually wide-mouthed covered and ornamented jar (as for drugs, herbs, or bathroom and kitchen supplies)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-113846"
  },
  "apoplex":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apoplexy":[],
      ": to strike with apoplexy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccpleks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin apoplexis":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115407"
  },
  "apocryph":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an apocryphal writing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02cckrif"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apocrife , from Middle French, from Medieval Latin apocrypha":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115730"
  },
  "aposteme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a swelling filled with purulent matter : abscess":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin apostema , from Greek apost\u0113ma abscess, distance, from aphistanai to remove":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120120"
  },
  "apostle plant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an irislike plant ( Neomarica gracilis ) of the family Iridaceae having flat leaflike stems, ribbonlike leaves, and flowers with the outer perianth members white with basal brown and yellow marking or blotching and inner members blue and strongly reflexed":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-130935"
  },
  "apocryphal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of doubtful authenticity : spurious":[
        "an apocryphal story about George Washington"
      ],
      ": of or resembling the Apocrypha":[
        "Apocryphal books of the Old Testament"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-kr\u0259-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for apocryphal fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
    "examples":[
      "During these men's professional lives, Wall Street has become accustomed to getting what it wants from Washington. America's top bankers have an even longer history of not giving a hoot what the public thinks. Sample (possibly apocryphal ) quote from the original J.P. Morgan: \" I owe the public nothing.\" \u2014 Daniel Gross , Newsweek , 23 Feb. 2009",
      "True or apocryphal , the story of the invention of the fried Ipswich clam\u2014Mr. Woodman, faced with a huge vat of hot oil for his potato chips and a mess of clams harvested from the mud flats of his home town, reportedly had a eureka moment\u2014is unabashed gospel for lovers of this regional specialty. \u2014 Nancy Harmon Jenkins , New York Times , 21 Aug. 2002",
      "There is a story, perhaps apocryphal , about Leonard Bernstein and tax returns. On the line that asked him to list his profession, Bernstein didn't write \"conductor\" or \"composer,\" or \"pianist,\" or \"teacher.\" He simply wrote, \"musician.\" \u2014 Bari Walsh , Bostonia , Winter 2000-2001",
      "an apocryphal story about the president's childhood",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Ty Herndon story, the way it's told in Nashville, is almost apocryphal . \u2014 Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
      "The Twilight World begins with one of Herzog\u2019s favorite framing devices: a possibly apocryphal story involving himself. \u2014 Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
      "Phillips named her book for a (probably apocryphal ) story about Neel as a young mother. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 8 May 2022",
      "William Howard Taft, too often reduced to an apocryphal story of getting stuck in the White House bathtub, served as chief justice of the Supreme Court. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "One of the best apocryphal quips from the Cold War was attributed to Henry Kissinger. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "There's an apocryphal account of Milo of Croton who got stronger by buying a calf and carrying it on his back every single day, and as the cow got bigger, the weight would become more challenging for him. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Skimmed from the Internet, the quotes are often apocryphal \u2014 received wisdom that, depending on the listener, could be perceived as profound or straight from the greeting-card aisle. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Most accounts of this choker's provenance\u2014and eventual fate\u2014may be apocryphal but that hasn't tempered the myth of Anne Boleyn and her signature accessory. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apocrypha + -al entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140957"
  },
  "apo":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "prefix"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apolipoprotein":[
        "\u2014 usually used with a letter or letter and number"
      ],
      "army post office":[],
      ": away from : off":[
        "ap helion"
      ],
      ": detached : separate":[
        "apo gamy"
      ],
      ": formed from : related to":[
        "apo morphine"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-\u02ccp\u014d",
      "\u02c8a-p\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek, from apo \u2014 more at of":"Prefix"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1972, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-142509"
  },
  "apodemal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or functioning as an apodeme":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6d\u0113m-",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4d\u0259m\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143851"
  },
  "apolune":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the point in the path of a body orbiting the moon that is farthest from the center of the moon \u2014 compare perilune":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u00fcn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + Latin luna moon \u2014 more at lunar":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1960, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-143944"
  },
  "apodes":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of soft-finned, elongated, and probably degenerate fishes consisting of the eels, often including the morays and in old classifications also many others having no pelvic fins, and being now commonly treated as an order but sometimes as including several orders or, formerly, made a division of the Physostomi":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccd\u0113z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, masculine & feminine plural of apod-, apous footless":"Plural noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-150637"
  },
  "apocynaceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of chiefly tropical herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Gentianales) having a milky juice, simple entire leaves, often showy flowers, and a fruit consisting of two follicles or drupes \u2014 compare dogbane , oleander , periwinkle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259s\u0259\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u02ccp\u00e4s\u0259\u02c8n\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
      "-\u0259\u02ccs\u012b\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Apocynum , type genus + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-151908"
  },
  "apocha":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a written receipt for the payment of money":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Greek apoch\u0113 receipt":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154312"
  },
  "aporal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": located farther from a pore than another structure":[
        "on the aporal side of the ovary"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)a\u00a6-",
      "(\u02c8)\u0101\u00a6p\u014dr\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "irregular from ab- entry 1 + poral":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161105"
  },
  "apostoli":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": letters dimissory from an inferior court to a superior court":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccl\u012b",
      "-\u02ccl\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, plural of apostolus , from Greek apostolos messenger":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161135"
  },
  "apothecaries' measure":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a system of liquid units of measure used chiefly by pharmacists":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4th-\u0259-\u02ccker-\u0113z-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1776, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-163029"
  },
  "apoplectiform septicemia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a highly infectious disease of gallinaceous birds caused by a bacterium ( Streptococcus gallinarum ) and characterized by depression, listlessness, and a staggering gait usually followed by prostration and death":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-203629"
  },
  "Apostles' Creed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Christian statement of belief ascribed to the Twelve Apostles and used especially in public worship":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-205448"
  },
  "apodization":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the process of altering a signal (such as one emitted by an electrical sensor) to make its mathematical description smoother and more easily manipulatable":[
        "The system also implements a standard suite of spectral estimation algorithms. The user can \u2026 use apodization with different weighting functions or compensate for distortions arising from equal data spacing.",
        "\u2014 Physics Today , March 1993"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-d\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccd\u012b-\u02c8z\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French apodisation , from a- a- entry 2 + pod- pod- (alluding to the pieds \"feet\" produced by diffraction in an optical image) + -isation -ization":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1964, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-220543"
  },
  "apomeiosis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": imperfect or suppressed meiosis, a characteristic of the life cycle of many higher polyploids":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u02ccm\u012b\u00a6\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from apo- + meiosis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221039"
  },
  "apoop":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": astern":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 1 + poop":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005122"
  },
  "aporetic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": skeptical":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6retik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apor\u0113tikos, apor\u0113matikos , from aporein to doubt":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-015824"
  },
  "apocyanine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a class of cyanine dyes in whose structure the two heterocyclic rings are directly attached to each other by a double bond":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary apo- + cyanine":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-021029"
  },
  "apostaxis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an abnormal exudation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8staks\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek apostaxis drippings, from apostazein to drip off, from apo- + stazein to drip":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-040815"
  },
  "Apostolic Father":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a church father of the first or second century a.d.":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1711, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-051342"
  },
  "apolousis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the ceremony in the Eastern Church of washing away the baptismal chrism performed by a priest on the eighth day after baptism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle Greek apolousis , from Greek, act of washing off, from apolouein to wash off, from apo- + louein to wash":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-083749"
  },
  "aponogeton":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (coextensive with the family Aponogetonaceae) of 25 species of Old World aquatic herbs (order Naiadales) with oblong often skeletonized leaves and small spicate flowers \u2014 see lattice plant":[],
      ": a plant of the genus Aponogeton":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259(\u02cc)n\u014d\u02c8j\u0113\u02cct\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from apono- (probably from Latin Aponus , hot mineral spring near Padua in northeastern Italy) + Greek geit\u014dn neighbor":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085729"
  },
  "apostolate":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the office or mission of an apostle":[],
      ": an association of persons dedicated to the propagation of a religion or a doctrine":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259t",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-st\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The apostolate evolved into the nonprofit Inner City Development, co-directed by Patti and Rod Radle, who were early volunteers there. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "That presentation, hosted by the lay apostolate , begins at 6:30 p.m., a rosary of the seven sorrows prayer session begins at 5:30 p.m. \u2014 Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown , 28 July 2017",
      "Likewise, the bishop decreed that an apostolate or ministry be created at the Parish of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to serve the Polish Catholic community that has been served by St. Joseph Parish. \u2014 Julie Shaw, Philly.com , 24 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin apostol\u0101tus, from apostolus apostle + Latin -\u0101tus -ate entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090511"
  },
  "Apocynaceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of chiefly tropical herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Gentianales) having a milky juice, simple entire leaves, often showy flowers, and a fruit consisting of two follicles or drupes \u2014 compare dogbane , oleander , periwinkle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259\u02ccs\u012b\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u02ccp\u00e4s\u0259\u02c8n\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
      "\u02ccap\u0259s\u0259\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Apocynum , type genus + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103151"
  },
  "apolegamic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to selection":[
        "\u2014 used specifically of mating based on sexual selection"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259l\u0259\u0307\u00a6gamik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apole gein to pick out (from apo- + legein to gather) + English -gamic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110753"
  },
  "apophasis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it (as in \"we won't discuss his past crimes\")":[
        "\u2026 he indulges himself in apophasis about his ex-wives (\"No, I am most definitely not making any charges or accusations. It's merely that \u2026\").",
        "\u2014 John Brooks"
      ],
      ": the practice of describing something (such as God) by stating which characteristics it does not have especially because human thought or language is believed to be insufficient to describe it fully or accurately":[
        "\u2026 apophasis happens because, like Moses and the burning bush, persons have been drawn so close to the mystery that they have begun to realize how beautifully, appallingly, heart-breakingly mysterious God really is.",
        "\u2014 Mark Allen McIntosh"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-f\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, repudiation, from Greek, denial, negation, from apophanai to deny, from apo- + phanai to say \u2014 more at ban entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112735"
  },
  "apostle spoon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a silver spoon with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle formerly often presented by sponsors at baptism to the godchild":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121136"
  },
  "apophony":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ablaut":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4f\u0259n\u0113",
      "a\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -phony ; translation of German ablaut":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121714"
  },
  "aporhyolite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rock consisting of a felsite whose structure shows it to have been originally vitreous like some rhyolites":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6r\u012b\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + rhyolite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-122828"
  },
  "apocentric":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": deviating from the archetype":[
        "\u2014 opposed to archecentric"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + centric":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-133012"
  },
  "aporia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French aporie , ultimately from Greek aporia difficulty, perplexity, from aporos impassable, from a- + poros passage \u2014 more at fare":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135742"
  },
  "apotypic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": varying or departing from a type":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6tipik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142846"
  },
  "apostatize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to commit apostasy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-st\u0259-\u02cct\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In one of the more powerful sequences, three older men are hung from crosses positioned deep in the ocean\u2019s waters \u2014 the thrashing waves killing them slowly for their refusal to apostatize . \u2014 Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register , 6 Jan. 2017",
      "The conundrum is one that has nothing to do with Rodrigues\u2019 decision whether to lay down his life, but with his reluctance to apostatize , even in the face of others\u2019 deaths. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, The Denver Post , 6 Jan. 2017",
      "Savannah's mom left the church in 2015, when leaked official documents confirmed their policy of apostatizing same-sex couples. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin apostatiz\u0101re, variant (with -iz\u0101re -ize ) of Late Latin apostat\u0101re, verbal derivative of apostata \"rebel against God, apostate \"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1552, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145858"
  },
  "apodeipnon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the last part of the divine office in the Eastern Church \u2014 compare compline":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4\u02c8p\u022fd\u0113p\u02ccn\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle Greek, from Greek apo- + deipnon meal":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150347"
  },
  "Apodaca":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city just northeast of Monterrey in northeastern Mexico population 523,370":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4-p\u014d-\u02c8d\u00e4-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152024"
  },
  "apophantic":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the doctrine of predicative judgment":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8fantik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apophantikos , adjective, categorical, declaratory, from apophantos declared (from apophainein to declare, display, from apo- + phainein to show) + -ikos -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-154201"
  },
  "apocenter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the point of an orbit farthest from the center of attraction":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + center, centre":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170641"
  },
  "apocrypha":{
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": writings or statements of dubious authenticity":[],
      ": books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament \u2014 see Bible Table":[],
      ": early Christian writings not included in the New Testament":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-kr\u0259-f\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even Steve Jobs wouldn\u2019t let his kids play with iPads, or so the apocrypha goes. \u2014 Carter Bays, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
      "Why complicate a perfectly fun bunch of sequels with the strictures of continuity and apocrypha ? \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 11 Feb. 2021",
      "Where Nay\u2019s book was something of a meditation on Patriotic themes in Mormon teaching, the Bundy additions \u2014 this post-2014 apocrypha \u2014 change the entire document. \u2014 Leah Sottile, Longreads , 18 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin, neuter plural (for scripta apocrypha \"uncanonical writings\") of Late Latin apocryphus \"secret, of doubtful authenticity, uncanonical,\" borrowed from Greek ap\u00f3kryphos \"hidden, concealed, obscure,\" verbal adjective of apokr\u00fdptein \"to hide (from), keep hidden (from),\" from apo- apo- + kr\u00fdptein \"to conceal, hide\" \u2014 more at crypt":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172813"
  },
  "apophysis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an expanded or projecting part especially of an organism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4f-\u0259-s\u0259s",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-f\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The growth plate where the patellar tendon attaches is called an apophysis . \u2014 Cincinnati.com , 5 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, from apo- + phyein to bring forth \u2014 more at be":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173621"
  },
  "Apolista":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a people of the Apolo river valley, Bolivia":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the language of the Apolista people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4p\u0259\u02c8l\u0113st\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175156"
  },
  "apotelesmatic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the casting of horoscopes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apotelesmatikos , productive, astrologically influential, from apotelesmat-, apotelesma + -ikos -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183817"
  },
  "Apoidea":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a superfamily of Hymenoptera comprising the true bees \u2014 compare apidae , sphecoidea":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u022fid\u0113\u0259",
      "\u0101\u02c8p-",
      "a\u02c8p-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Apis + -oidea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184107"
  },
  "apomeiotic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to or marked by apomeiosis : formed without meiosis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u012b\u00a6\u00e4tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from New Latin apomeiosis , after such pairs as New Latin hypnosis : English hypnotic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1968, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184518"
  },
  "apopetalous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": polypetalous":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -petalous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185419"
  },
  "apoid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the Apoidea : resembling one of the Apoidea or some part of one of these insects":[
        "apoid mouth parts"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a\u02ccp\u022fid",
      "\u02c8\u0101\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Apoidea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185456"
  },
  "apolitical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no political significance":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-p\u0259-\u02c8li-ti-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Although both of her parents are politicians, she's completely apolitical .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The eight new episodes explored how Keef, an apolitical artist-turned-activist, grappled with the responsibility of gaining a following. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 8 June 2022",
      "Behaving consistently and communicating the apolitical motives of a policy can reduce company politicization and consumer retaliation. \u2014 Isabella Bunosso, Scientific American , 27 May 2022",
      "Russian diplomats speaking at the assembly accused Ukraine of trying to use a traditionally apolitical assembly to settle scores and promote anti-Russian measures. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Surely Homeland Security has a few capable bureaucrats who could track foreign disinformation in an apolitical manner. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "An unspoken edict amongst former Fed chairs has been to not speak ill of their successors to preserve the apolitical nature of and trust in the institution. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 16 May 2022",
      "Many other companies\u2014including big law and accounting firms\u2014made a noisy exit, abandoning their usual apolitical messaging, even though most could have hunkered down and continued to profit. \u2014 Alexandra Wrage, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Mastodon, an apolitical decentralized platform, could be appealing now because there\u2019s no centralized ethos applied to speech, and instead, individual communities create their own standards, Pariser said. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Vallotton was the most political of this largely apolitical movement. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1919, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190539"
  },
  "aponeurosis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a broad flat sheet of dense fibrous collagenous connective tissue that covers, invests, and forms the terminations and attachments of various muscles":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-nu\u0307-\u02c8r\u014d-s\u0259s",
      "-nyu\u0307-",
      "\u02ccap-\u0259-n(y)u\u0307-\u02c8r\u014d-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The most popular kind of face-lift is known as the SMAS, which stands for subcutaneous muscular aponeurosis system. \u2014 Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek aponeur\u014dsis , from aponeurousthai to pass into a tendon, from apo- + neuron sinew \u2014 more at nerve":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190701"
  },
  "Apo, Mount":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "volcano 9692 feet (2954 meters) high in southeastern Mindanao, Philippines; highest peak in the Philippines":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)p\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191823"
  },
  "Apollinaire":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Guillaume 1880\u20131918 originally":[
        "Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki \\ \u02cck\u022f-\u200bstr\u0259-\u200b\u02c8v\u0113t-\u200bsk\u0113 \\"
      ],
      "French poet":[
        "Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki \\ \u02cck\u022f-\u200bstr\u0259-\u200b\u02c8v\u0113t-\u200bsk\u0113 \\"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8ner"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203244"
  },
  "apotracheal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not associated or contiguous with vessels or vascular tracheids":[
        "apotracheal parenchyma"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare metatracheal , paratracheal , vasicentric":[
        "apotracheal parenchyma"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + tracheal":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211056"
  },
  "apotropaic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": designed to avert evil":[
        "an apotropaic ritual"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-tr\u014d-\u02c8p\u0101-ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The logic of substitution is common to folk magic around the world and might have been central to apotropaic magic, too. \u2014 Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker , 31 Oct. 2019",
      "The witches\u2019 marks, also known as apotropaic marks, are ritual protection symbols carved to protect against witchcraft. \u2014 Fox News , 31 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apotr\u00f3paios \"averting evil, that should be averted, ill-omened\" (from apotrop-, stem in nominal derivation of apotr\u00e9pein \"to turn away from, turn aside, avert\" \u2014from apo- apo- + tr\u00e9pein \"to turn\"\u2014 + -aios, adjective suffix) + -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at trope":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211114"
  },
  "apolaustic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": devoted to enjoyment":[
        "a learned, apolaustic buffoon who loved good food",
        "\u2014 James Stern"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6l\u022fstik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apolaustikos , from apolaustos enjoyed, enjoyable (from apolauein to enjoy, benefit from, from apo- + -lauein , akin to leia booty, prey) + -ikos -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211242"
  },
  "apo koinou":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the occurrence of one and the same word or word group, not repeated, in two constructions (such as three crows in \"there were three crows sat on a tree\")":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00e4\u02ccp-",
      "\u02cc\u00e4(\u02cc)p\u014d\u02cck\u022fi\u02c8n\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek, literally, in common":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211938"
  },
  "apocynin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": acetovanillone":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4s\u0259n\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary apocyn- (from New Latin Apocynum ) + -in":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230736"
  },
  "apotropaism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the performance of magic ritual or incantatory formulas in order to avert evil":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231219"
  },
  "apodosis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the main clause of a conditional sentence \u2014 compare protasis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-d\u0259-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, from apodidonai to give back, deliver, from apo- + didonai to give \u2014 more at date":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1604, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231553"
  },
  "Apoda":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several different groups of animals that have been so named from their lacking limbs or feet: such as":[],
      ": an order of slender wormlike holothurians that lack tube feet and radial ambulacral vessels \u2014 compare holothurioidea":[],
      ": a group of fishes without pelvic fins":[],
      ": caecilians":[],
      ": an order or suborder of parasitic segmented cirripedes":[],
      ": worms without appendages (such as the leeches)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259d\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, neuter plural of apod-, apous footless":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233108"
  },
  "apophorometer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an apparatus for identifying minerals by sublimation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259f\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apophora act of carrying away, absorption (from apopherein to carry away, from apo- + pherein to carry) + English -o- + -meter":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005404"
  },
  "Apostolici":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": members of various ascetic sects of the 3d and 4th centuries a.d. in Phrygia, Cilicia, and Pamphylia who sought apostolic purity of life by renouncing marriage and private property":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8st\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccs\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from plural of apostolicus apostolic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012642"
  },
  "apotelesm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the casting of a horoscope":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin apotelesma effect, effect of the stars on human destiny, from Greek, from apotelein to complete, from apo- + telein to complete, from telos goal":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015011"
  },
  "apophyge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the small hollow curvature given to the top (as in a Doric column) or bottom (as in an Ionic or Corinthian column) of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet \u2014 compare cong\u00e9 sense 4 , scape":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4f\u0259(\u02cc)j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apophyg\u0113 , literally, escape, from apo- + phyg\u0113 flight, from pheugein to flee":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015321"
  },
  "apomorphy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a specialized trait or character that is unique to a group or species : a character state (such as the presence of feathers) not present in an ancestral form":[
        "In this case, white flowers are a derived condition, an apomorphy , and red flowers are the ancestral condition.",
        "\u2014 James D. Mauseth , Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology , 2009"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccm\u022fr-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apomorph ic or apomorph ous (borrowed from German apomorph , from apo- \"away from, apo- \" + -morph \"having such a structure, -morphous ) + -y entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020225"
  },
  "Apollinarian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to or in honor of Apollo":[],
      ": relating to Apollinaris of Laodicea or to the doctrine held by Apollinarians":[],
      ": an adherent of the Christological doctrine that asserted that in Jesus Christ a perfect divine nature in the form of the divine Logos assumed an imperfect human body with the Logos taking the controlling place ordinarily held by the mind":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u0259\u00a6p\u00e4l\u0259\u00a6na(a)r\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin Apollinaris (from Apollin-, Apollo + Latin -aris -ary) + English -an":"Adjective",
      "Late Latin Apollinarianus , from Late Greek Apollinarianos , from Apollinaris of Laodicea \u2020 ab a.d. 390 Syrian teacher & theologian + Greek -anos -an":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023651"
  },
  "apostasy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith":[],
      ": abandonment of a previous loyalty : defection":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-st\u0259-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And as with any religion, this opens up a host of dramatic situations \u2014 of apostasy and betrayal, doubt and disillusion. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Still, there are at least signs of tentative resistance to Trump, albeit from Republican grandees rather than a new standard bearer with a future in the party who is willing to risk political apostasy . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "As far as his Zenith world is concerned, though, this apostasy is the first step on the road to that ultimate evil \u2014 socialism! \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "George Orwell may have had the right idea about how Democrats should react to the apostasy of Joe Manchin. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Owens tried making excuses for the former president's apostasy . \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "For most true believers, though, the latter option\u2014choosing apostasy , which is a kind of self-exile,\u2014is not really an option at all. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "But one person\u2019s prophecy is another person\u2019s apostasy , and most of us don\u2019t object to preachers airing political opinions per se, only those which conflict with our own. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "This prequel perpetuates the non-religious cynicism of the TV series \u2014 an apostasy as offensive as HBO\u2019s use of the letterbox format, faking cinema. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 6 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English apostasie, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin apostasia, borrowed from Greek apostas\u00eda \"defection, revolt, (Septuagint) rebellion against God\" (Late Greek, \"defection, apostasy\"), variant (with -ia -ia entry 1 ) of ap\u00f3stasis, from aposta-, variant stem of aph\u00edstamai, aph\u00edstasthai \"to stand away from, keep aloof from, revolt,\" middle voice of aph\u00edst\u0113mi, aphist\u00e1nai \"to put away, remove, cause to revolt\" (from aph-, assimilated variant of apo- apo- + hist\u00e1nai \"to cause to stand, place\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at assist entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025914"
  },
  "apotype":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hypotype":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u02cct\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + type":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032218"
  },
  "Aporidea":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an order of Cestoda including a single genus ( Nematoparataenia ) of unsegmented tapeworms parasitic in swans":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8rid\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek aporos + New Latin -idea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041139"
  },
  "apomict":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one produced or reproducing by apomixis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccmikt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably back-formation from International Scientific Vocabulary apomictic , from apo- + Greek mignynai to mix \u2014 more at mix":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042434"
  },
  "apoapsis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the apsis that is farthest from the center of attraction : the high point in an orbit \u2014 compare periapsis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u014d +"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from apo- + apsis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044530"
  },
  "apodyterium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dressing room in an ancient Greek or Roman bath or palaestra":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02ccd\u012b\u02c8tir\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek apodyt\u0113rion , from apodyein to strip off, from apo- + dyein to dive in, put on (clothes)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044540"
  },
  "apostolic see":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a see established by an apostle (such as Jerusalem, Antioch, or Rome)":[],
      ": the Roman see":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044637"
  },
  "apomixis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": reproduction (such as apogamy or parthenogenesis) involving specialized generative tissues but not dependent on fertilization":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8mik-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "National Geographic explained that the forms of parthenogenesis include automixis and apomixis . \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "In apomixis , reproductive cells replicate using mitosis, forming genetically identical offspring. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from apo- + Greek mixis act of mixing, from mignynai":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1909, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-050726"
  },
  "apotome":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the interval of a semitone in the Pythagorean scale that is slightly greater than half a whole tone and is equal to the difference between the tetrachord and two whole tones":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4t\u0259(\u02cc)m\u0113"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek apotom\u0113 , literally, cutting off, from apotemnein to cut off, from apo- + temnein to cut":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053550"
  },
  "apoenzyme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a protein that forms an active enzyme system by combination with a coenzyme and determines the specificity of this system for a substrate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u014d-\u02c8en-\u02ccz\u012bm",
      "\u02ccap-\u014d-\u02c8en-\u02ccz\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1936, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-061810"
  },
  "Apolline":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to Apollo or his worship":[
        "Apolline serenity",
        "Apolline choruses"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccl\u012bn",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4l\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin Apollineus , from Apollin-, Apollo + -eus -eous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063440"
  },
  "apopemptic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sung or addressed to one departing : valedictory":[
        "apopemptic hymns"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6pem(p)tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Greek apopemptikos , from Greek apopemptos dimissed (from apopempein to send off, dismiss, from apo- + pempein to send) + -ikos -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064756"
  },
  "apostolic succession":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the succession or descent believed to be uninterrupted from the apostles and perpetuated by successive ordinations of bishops, held (as by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Eastern Orthodox) to be necessary for valid administration of the sacraments and the transmission of orders":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070709"
  },
  "Apollinian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apollonian":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8li-n\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1717, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071629"
  },
  "apollonian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the god Apollo":[],
      ": harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character \u2014 compare dionysian":[],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Greek poet Apollonius or his writings":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1664, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080558"
  },
  "apoatropine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bitter crystalline poisonous alkaloid C 17 H 21 NO 2 occurring naturally in belladonna root or prepared synthetically by the action of nitric acid on atropine and having no mydriatic effect":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u014d\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary apo- + atropine":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082152"
  },
  "Aporosa":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a division of corals (order Madreporaria) having the corallum solid":[
        "\u2014 opposed to Perforata"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u014dz\u0259",
      "\u02cc\u0101p\u0259\u02c8r\u014ds\u0259",
      "\u02ccap-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from a- entry 2 + Porosa (synonym of Perforata ), from Medieval Latin, neuter plural of porosus porous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084708"
  },
  "Apoc":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Apocalypse":[],
      "Apocrypha":[],
      "apocryphal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-090639"
  },
  "Apocalypse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 b.c. to a.d. 150 marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom":[],
      ": revelation sense 3":[],
      ": something viewed as a prophetic revelation":[],
      ": armageddon":[],
      ": a large, disastrous fire : inferno":[
        "Most foresters agree that small, \"prescribed\" burns, carefully controlled, are essential to prevent the larger apocalypse .",
        "\u2014 Lance Morrow"
      ],
      ": a great disaster":[
        "an environmental apocalypse"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02cclips"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "calamity",
      "cataclysm",
      "catastrophe",
      "debacle",
      "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
      "disaster",
      "tragedy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "His book tells of an environmental apocalypse .",
      "the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Is everyone going to make it out of this apocalypse alive? \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
      "An apocalypse that keeps (a notion of) their world alive, at the expense of (a notion of) our own. \u2014 Longreads , 29 Dec. 2021",
      "Westworld has signed Oscar winner Ariana DeBose to join the robot apocalypse for season four. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
      "The Sami Pavilion offered a more hopeful path out of the apocalypse , with artwork and performances depicting the struggle against colonialism by the Sami people, while also celebrating their traditions. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The Sami Pavilion offered a more hopeful path out of the apocalypse , with artwork and performances depicting the struggle against colonialism by the Sami people, while also celebrating their traditions. \u2014 Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "In contrast with most novels trading in survival or apocalypse , Yoon\u2019s protagonist is able to draw on our world\u2019s pop culture. \u2014 Ilana Masad, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
      "Nurse Tup expertly navigates every accidental apocalypse created by renegade doctors Sleech and Klak, and looks good doing it. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 23 May 2022",
      "Nurse Tup expertly navigates every accidental apocalypse created by renegade doctors Sleech and Klak, and looks good doing it. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English Apocalipse \"Revelation (the New Testament book),\" borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin apocalypsis \"revelation, the Book of Revelation,\" borrowed from Greek apok\u00e1lypsis \"uncovering, disclosure, revelation,\" from apokalyp-, stem of apokal\u00fdptein \"to uncover, disclose, reveal\" (from apo- apo- + kal\u00fdptein \"to cover, protect, conceal,\" of uncertain origin) + -sis -sis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091119"
  },
  "Apopka":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in central Florida northwest of Orlando population 41,542":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4p-k\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091647"
  },
  "apocyte":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a multinucleate cell":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary apo- + -cyte":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103837"
  },
  "Apotactites":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apostolici":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u02cct\u012bts"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin Apotactitae , from Late Greek Apotaktitai , from Greek apotaktos set apart (from apotassein to set apart, from apo- + tassein to arrange, put in a certain order) + -itai (plural of it\u0113s -ite)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104111"
  },
  "apostolize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": proclaim":[],
      ": to act as an apostle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin apostol us + English -ize":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104234"
  },
  "Apotactici":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apostolici":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8takt\u0259\u02ccs\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin or Medieval Latin, plural of Apotacticus , from Late Greek Apotaktikos , literally, renouncer, from apotaktikos disposed to renounce, from Greek apotassein to set aparticiple from apo- + tassein to put in order, arrange":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105010"
  },
  "aporphine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a synthetic alkaloid C 17 H 17 N regarded as the parent from which morphine, bulbocapnine, and related alkaloids are derived":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a\u02ccp\u022fr\u02ccf\u0113n",
      "\u02c8ap\u0259r\u02cc-",
      "(\u02c8)a\u02c8p\u022fr\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary apo- + mo rphine":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111849"
  },
  "apologia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions":[
        "the finest apologia or explanation of what drives a man to devote his life to pure mathematics",
        "\u2014 British Book News"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-j(\u0113-)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for apologia apology , apologia , excuse , plea , pretext , alibi mean matter offered in explanation or defense. apology usually applies to an expression of regret for a mistake or wrong with implied admission of guilt or fault and with or without reference to mitigating or extenuating circumstances. said by way of apology that he would have met them if he could apologia implies not admission of guilt or regret but a desire to make clear the grounds for some course, belief, or position. his speech was an apologia for his foreign policy excuse implies an intent to avoid or remove blame or censure. used illness as an excuse for missing the meeting plea stresses argument or appeal for understanding or sympathy or mercy. her usual plea that she was nearsighted pretext suggests subterfuge and the offering of false reasons or motives in excuse or explanation. used any pretext to get out of work alibi implies a desire to shift blame or evade punishment and imputes mere plausibility to the explanation. his alibi failed to stand scrutiny",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Barr offers an extended apologia that tries to square his position on putting people to death with his religious faith. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
      "No such apologia can be made for Baudelaire, who was nonetheless the greatest poet-critic of his time and who will remain a titan for as long as there is literature. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "So is his apologia for the insurrectionists since then. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Demonstrators disrupted the campus, calling his theory an apologia for the status quo. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Demonstrators disrupted the campus, calling his theory an apologia for the status quo. \u2014 Patricia Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "But to me, her statement read more like a classic apologia , a self-absolving explanation \u2014 one vetted, no doubt, by an attorney to avoid admitting liability for Sebold\u2019s pointing to the wrong man in court. \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "On more contemporary matters, Guelzo himself has been accused of flirting with apologia . \u2014 Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
      "Readers often take it as an apologia for, even a love letter to, the postwar suburban ways associated once with Southern California and, later, with much of the United States. \u2014 Colin Marshal, The New Yorker , 26 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Late Latin \u2014 more at apology":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1784, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120223"
  },
  "Apostolos":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": epistle sense 1a":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u022fst\u0259\u02ccl\u022fs",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4st\u0259\u02ccl\u00e4s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Greek, from Greek, apostle":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-120828"
  },
  "apologetics":{
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": systematic argumentative discourse (see discourse entry 1 sense 2a ) in defense (as of a doctrine)":[],
      ": a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin and authority of Christianity":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4-l\u0259-\u02c8je-tiks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Stronger evidence of bad-faith, bad-history apologetics could hardly be imagined. \u2014 James Oakes, The New York Review of Books , 12 May 2022",
      "These numbers suggest that Republican members of Congress, candidates and commentators echoing Mr. Trump\u2019s isolationism and Kremlin apologetics are out of sync with GOP voters. \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Grimaldi also has put his off-ice, away-from-home time to good use, working on his master\u2019s degree in Christian apologetics from Biola University, a small private Christian university in La Mirada, California. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "The answer is the same one that every Christian gets in his college dorm room when practicing apologetics on his roommate. \u2014 Andy Martin, National Review , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "Karamo has a master's degree in Christian apologetics , the study of the defense of Christianity against objections, from Biola University, an evangelical university in Southern California. \u2014 Jeremy Herb, CNN , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "But Feldman dismisses such arguments as apologetics . \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "There, she was influenced by the apologetics movement, which employs intellectual arguments and critical thinking to defend faith. \u2014 Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "None of this is new: such balance-sheet historical apologetics have always been central to imperialism. \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apologet(ic) entry 1 or apologet(ic) entry 2 + -ics":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124242"
  },
  "Apollonian problem":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the problem in geometry of the construction of a circle touching three given circles":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Apollonian entry 2 , after Apollonius of Perga":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125031"
  },
  "Apollonian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or resembling the god Apollo":[],
      ": harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character \u2014 compare dionysian":[],
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of the Greek poet Apollonius or his writings":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1664, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125752"
  },
  "apostrophus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apostrophe entry 2":[],
      ": a symbol that resembles a backwards letter C and that was used in the ancient Roman number system in combination with the symbol I to represent 500":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-f\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130417"
  },
  "apologia pro vita sua":{
    "type":[
      "Latin phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": defense of one's life : a written justification for one's beliefs or course of conduct":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-j(\u0113-)\u0259-pr\u014d-\u02c8v\u0113-t\u0259-\u02c8s\u00fc-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131346"
  },
  "Apollonius":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "of Rhodes 3rd century b.c. Greek poet":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142828"
  },
  "Apollyon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the angel of the bottomless pit in the Book of Revelation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8p\u00e4-l\u0113-\u0259n",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4l-y\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek Apolly\u014dn":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143036"
  },
  "apophyllite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral composed of a hydrous silicate of potassium, calcium, and fluorine that is related to the zeolites and is usually found in transparent square prisms or white or grayish masses":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8fi-\u02ccl\u012bt",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-f\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from apo- + Greek phyllon leaf \u2014 more at blade":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1807, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-094916"
  },
  "apomixy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the total absence or great limitation of interbreeding restricting the possibility of genetic exchange":[
        "\u2014 opposed to panmixia"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccmiks\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -mixy (as in panmixy )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145717"
  },
  "apogaeic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apogean":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6j\u0113ik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin apogae um & Greek apogai on apogee + English -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151636"
  },
  "apogean":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the farthest or highest point : culmination":[
        "Aegean civilization reached its apogee in Crete."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-(\u02cc)j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "acme",
      "apex",
      "capstone",
      "climax",
      "crescendo",
      "crest",
      "crown",
      "culmination",
      "head",
      "height",
      "high noon",
      "high-water mark",
      "meridian",
      "ne plus ultra",
      "noon",
      "noontime",
      "peak",
      "pinnacle",
      "sum",
      "summit",
      "tip-top",
      "top",
      "zenith"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bottom",
      "nadir",
      "rock bottom"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "shag carpeting reached the apogee of its popularity in the 1970s but is now considered outdated",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The film marks the apogee of Eastwood and Leone spaghetti western cinema. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 23 May 2022",
      "Just remember that glass lenses, still the apogee of optics, are not meant for impact sports. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "In its understated way, this can be read as the apogee of the bildungsroman traced by Gunn\u2019s poetic oeuvre, as the moment the occluded requires no agency to declare itself, and the closet is revealed without shame or obfuscation. \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "An annular eclipse in which the Moon was at the furthest point from Earth in its orbit (the apogee ) would have been of particularly long duration. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Star Trek actor William Shatner experiences weightlessness during the apogee of the Blue Origin New Shepard mission NS-18 suborbital flight on Oct. 13. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The beltway media world has always had a sort of jones for celebrities, and celebrities have often loved them right back, a mutual appreciation society that reached its apogee during the correspondents\u2019 dinners of the Obama years. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
      "And his signature style \u2014 analog, unhurried, profoundly human \u2014 found its apogee in Boyhood, the 2014 coming-of-age masterstroke that took him 12 years to make. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The postwar period marked the apogee of the A.M.A.\u2019s political power. \u2014 Clifford Marks, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French apog\u00e9e , from New Latin apogaeum , from Greek apogaion , from neuter of apogeios, apogaios far from the earth, from apo- + g\u0113, gaia earth":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155429"
  },
  "apostrophe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case (as in \"John's book\"), or the plural of letters or figures (as in \"the 1960's\")":[
        "In the contraction \"can't,\" the apostrophe replaces two of the letters in the word \"cannot.\"."
      ],
      ": the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically":[
        "Carlyle's \"O Liberty, what things are done in thy name!\" is an example of apostrophe ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-str\u0259-(\u02cc)f\u0113",
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-str\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French & Late Latin; French, borrowed from Late Latin apostrophus, apostrophos \"mark placed above a consonant to indicate that a following vowel has been deleted,\" borrowed from Greek ap\u00f3strophos (feminine noun, presumably shortened from the collocation ap\u00f3strophos pros\u014did\u00eda, with pros\u014did\u00eda in sense \"accent mark\"), from ap\u00f3strophos, adjective, \"turned away, averted,\" derivative of apostr\u00e9phein \"to turn back, turn away\" \u2014 more at apostrophe entry 2":"Noun",
      "borrowed from Latin apostropha, borrowed from Greek apostroph\u1e17 \"turning back or away, (in rhetoric) turning away from a group of hearers to a single person,\" noun derivative of apostr\u00e9phein \"to turn back, turn away, avert,\" from apo- apo- + str\u00e9phein \"to turn, twist\" \u2014 more at strophe":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1705, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1533, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160218"
  },
  "apophysate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having an apophysis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-s\u0259\u0307t",
      "-\u02ccs\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary apophys- (from New Latin apophysis ) + -ate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161019"
  },
  "apophysal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to an apophysis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4f\u0259s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin apophysis + English -al":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161747"
  },
  "apologete":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one skilled in apologetics : apologist":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccj\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from apologetic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165547"
  },
  "apostrophize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to address by or in apostrophe":[],
      ": to make use of apostrophe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-str\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Both thereby apostrophize America\u2019s original sin and permanent crisis: the otherizing of the not white, regardless of gradations. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "Schumer brings this to life with the exemplary comedic device of self- apostrophizing asides, in which Emily brandishes her self-esteem to herself as if to compensate for its absence. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apostrophe entry 2 + -ize":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165812"
  },
  "apostrophic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or involving the written use of the punctuation mark \u02bc to signify contraction, possession, or pluralization":[
        "an apostrophic error",
        "A similar apostrophic absence is underway in the names of organisations, where we have Melbourne Writers Festival but Sydney Writers' Festival, Brisbane Magistrates Court but Melbourne Magistrates' Court.",
        "\u2014 Tiger Webb",
        "Ladies and gentlemen, when we find ourselves in a world where a newsagent's placard can read 'Gleny's Kinnock Lead's Teachers Strike', the Apocalypse is near and something must be done. Apostrophic anarchists, deliberately disrupting the apostrophe's function as part of their wider plan to destroy English grammar, must be weeded out root and branch.",
        "\u2014 Richard Littlejohn"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or involving the use of apostrophe (see apostrophe entry 2 ) to address a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically":[
        "There are the great apostrophic hymns to the surging surf as metaphor for the passions of the human heart \u2026",
        "\u2014 David Harris",
        "The book is in apostrophic form, written in the voice of a wildly successful, if markedly eccentric artist, Anna Brown, to her partner, the absent John, who has also been the subject of the majority of her paintings over the years.",
        "\u2014 Alex Preston",
        "In their ambiguous status as inanimate bodies and as disembodied souls, the dead readily become subjects of apostrophic address.",
        "\u2014 Alan Richardson"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8str\u00e4-fik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apostrophe entry 1 + -ic entry 1":"Adjective",
      "apostrophe entry 2 + -ic entry 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1788, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1782, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171715"
  },
  "apomorphine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a crystalline morphine derivative that is a dopamine agonist and is injected subcutaneously in the form of its hydrochloride C 17 H 17 NO 2 \u00b7HCl\u00b71/2H 2 O to treat episodes of immobility associated with advanced Parkinson's disease":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap-\u0259-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u02ccf\u0113n",
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8m\u022fr-\u02ccf\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "About as many dogs (114) were treated with the drug apomorphine to induce them to vomit. \u2014 Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017",
      "About as many dogs (114) were treated with the drug apomorphine to induce them to vomit. \u2014 Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017",
      "About as many dogs (114) were treated with the drug apomorphine to induce them to vomit. \u2014 Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times , 24 Dec. 2017",
      "About as many dogs (114) were treated with the drug apomorphine to induce them to vomit. \u2014 Karen Kaplan, latimes.com , 21 Dec. 2017",
      "The preferred filler was apomorphine which induces vomiting. \u2014 David Hambling, WIRED , 26 June 2008"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1869, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173255"
  },
  "apogalacteum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the point of the hypothetical orbit of the sun or another star at which it is most remote from the galactic nucleus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccga\u02cclak\u02c8t\u0113-",
      "-ksh\u0113\u0259m",
      "\u02ccap\u0259g\u0259\u02c8lakt\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from apo- + -galacteum (from Greek galakt-, gala milk)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174922"
  },
  "Apollo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music, and poetry":[],
      ": any of a class of asteroids having an orbit that extends from inside to beyond the earth's orbit":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-(\u02cc)l\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin Apollin-, Apollo , from Greek Apoll\u014dn":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180753"
  },
  "apophyllous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the parts distinct":[
        "\u2014 used of a whorl of the perianth"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6fil\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -phyllous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184812"
  },
  "aposematic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being conspicuous and serving to warn":[
        "aposematic coloration in butterflies"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-si-\u02c8ma-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The minute creatures are vibrantly colored and speckled (a phenomena called aposematic coloration) in order to deter predators from eating them. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + Greek s\u0113mat-, s\u0113ma sign":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191123"
  },
  "aposematism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the use of a signal and especially a visual signal of conspicuous markings or bright colors by an animal to warn predators that it is toxic or distasteful : warning coloration":[
        "Ladybugs are a good example of aposematism , when the bright colors of red, orange, yellow and black serve as a defense mechanism that warns potential predators of past poisonous or unappetizing results.",
        "\u2014 Carol Coogan, Times Union (Albany, New York) , 16 June 2008"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02c8se-m\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "aposemat(ic) + -ism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192852"
  },
  "apogamic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to apogamy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6gamik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193158"
  },
  "apogenous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to or causing apogeny":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)a\u00a6p-",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4j\u0259n\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -genous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195622"
  },
  "aposeme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group distinguished by possession of similar aposematic coloration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccs\u0113m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -seme":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-200539"
  },
  "apogeny":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": loss of the reproductive function":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4j\u0259n\u0113",
      "a\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -geny":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203120"
  },
  "apogeotropic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bending up or away from the ground":[
        "the short apogeotropic roots of the mangrove"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + geotropic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203752"
  },
  "apospory":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": production of gametophytes directly from diploid cells of the sporophytes without spore formation (as in certain ferns and mosses)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-sp\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8a-p\u0259-\u02ccsp\u022fr-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1884, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203924"
  },
  "apogamy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": development of a sporophyte from a gametophyte without fertilization":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u00e4-g\u0259-m\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1878, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204927"
  },
  "apogeotropism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the state of being apogeotropic : negative geotropism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + geotropism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210248"
  },
  "aposporogony":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": suppression of sporogony":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + sporogony":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211640"
  },
  "Aporrhais":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of small solid long-spired marine snails related to Strombus but having the foot broad and flat":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8r\u0101\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, a shellfish (perhaps a species of Aporrhais )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221207"
  },
  "Apogon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of large-headed marine percoid fishes having the body oblong and compressed and comprising the cardinal fishes \u2014 see apogonidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0101\u02c8-",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u014d\u02ccg\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Middle Greek ap\u014dg\u014dn beardless, from Greek a- a- entry 2 + p\u014dg\u014dn beard":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223239"
  },
  "apogonid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fish of the genus Apogon or family Apogonidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0101\u02c8-",
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4n-",
      "\u0259\u02c8p\u014dg\u0259n\u0259\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Apogonidae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225251"
  },
  "aporrhoea":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": effluvium , emanation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from apo- + -rrhoea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225351"
  },
  "Apogonidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family (type genus Apogon ) of bright-colored tropical marine percoid fishes many of which incubate the eggs in the mouth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Apogon , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225825"
  },
  "aposepalous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": polysepalous":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + -sepalous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232212"
  },
  "aposiopesis":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the leaving of a thought incomplete usually by a sudden breaking off (as in \"his behavior was\u2014but I blush to mention that\")":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-p\u0259-\u02ccs\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8p\u0113-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Greek aposi\u014dp\u0113sis , from aposi\u014dpan to be fully silent, from apo- + si\u014dpan to be silent, from si\u014dp\u0113 silence":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1577, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232855"
  },
  "aposoro":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": potto":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccap\u0259\u02c8s\u014dr(\u02cc)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably altered from Akan ap\u0254s\u0254w, \u00e0p\u00e9s\u0254w \"potto\"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000156"
  },
  "aposporic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to apospory":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6sp\u014drik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000355"
  },
  "Apogon iris":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": beardless iris":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001420"
  },
  "apograph":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": copy , transcript":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap\u0259\u02ccgraf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin apographon , from Greek, from neuter of apographos copied, from apo- + -graphos -graph":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002917"
  },
  "aport":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": on or toward the left side of a ship":[
        "put the helm hard aport"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8p\u022frt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1627, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003808"
  },
  "apostacize":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apostatize":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003815"
  },
  "apohyal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ceratobranchial":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6h\u012b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "apo- + hy oid al":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005605"
  },
  "aposporically":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in an aposporic manner":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ap\u0259\u00a6sp\u014dr\u0259\u0307k(\u0259)l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011008"
  }
}