2. Excuse, plea, explanation, extenuation, reparation, amende honorable.
Apostasy, n. Defection, desertion, backsliding, dereliction, fall.
Apostate, n. Renegade, backslider, deserter, turncoat.
Apostate, a. Treacherous, false, faithless, untrue, recreant, backsliding.
Apostle, n. Messenger, missionary.
Apostolic see, Church of Rome.
Apothegm, n. Maxim, adage, saying, dictum, saw, proverb, aphorism, byword, sententious precept.
Apotheosis, n. Deification.
Appall, v. a. Terrify, frighten, affright, dismay, daunt, scare, intimidate, shock, put in great fear, strike with terror, petrify with fear.
Apparatus, n. Tools, instruments, utensils, means.
Apparel, n. Clothes, clothing, dress, raiment, attire, array, costume, toilet, habit, habiliments, garb, gear, garments, vestments, outfit, accoutrement, equipment, suit, rigging, trappings, toggery, wardrobe.
Apparel, v. a. Dress, clothe, attire, array, robe, rig, accoutre, equip, fit out, trick out.
Apparent, a. 1. Visible, discernible, perceptible, open, external, in view, in sight, to be seen.
2. Manifest, obvious, patent, clear, evident, indubitable, plain, conspicuous, legible, unmistakable, in plain sight.
3. Seeming, specious, ostensible, not real.
Apparently, ad. 1. Evidently, obviously, clearly, manifestly, plainly.
2. Seemingly, ostensibly, quasi, on appearance, at the first blush, in semblance, in show.
Apparition, n. Ghost, spectre, phantom, phantasm, spirit, sprite, hobgoblin, shade, chimera, illusion, wraith, vision, preternatural appearance.
Appeal, v. n. 1. (Law.) Refer the case or cause (from one court to another).
2. Refer to another (in any controversy).
Appeal, v. a. 1. [Rare.] Summon, challenge.
2. (Law.) Refer, transfer by appeal (from one court to another).
Appeal, n. 1. Address, invocation, petition, request, entreaty, imploration, application, solicitation, suit.
2. Resort, recourse.
Appeal to, Address, invoke, refer to, call upon, make application to.
Appear, v. n. 1. Emerge, be in sight, come in sight, be visible, come into view, heave in sight, open to the view, present itself, crop out, show itself, turn up, come upon the stage, see the light.
2. Open, dawn, break.
3. Arise, occur, offer.
4. Stand in judgment, be present to answer.
5. Be manifest, be obvious, be open, be known.