adv. [ Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace. ] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. [ 1913 Webster ]

His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A visible triumph of the gospel draw&unr_; on apace. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Apache (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Biol.) to become active so as to be able to penetrate an ovum; -- of sperm, in the female reproduction system. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Capacified ] [ L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy. ] To quality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The benefice he is capacified and designed for. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capax, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave. ] 1. Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. “A capacious mind.” Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.
Syn. -- electrical capacity, capacity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Electronics) a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge; the ratio of the charge on one plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between the plates. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capacitating. ] To render capable; to enable; to qualify. [ 1913 Webster ]

By this instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to capacitance. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance.
Syn. -- condenser, electrical condenser. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Capacities [ L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacité. See Capacious. ] 1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capacity is now properly limited to these [ the mere passive operations of the mind ]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favors this; although it can not be denied that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capacity of blessing the people. Alex. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cause with such capacities endued. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.

Syn. -- Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See Ability. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + capacious: cf. L. incapax incapable. ] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. -- In`ca*pa"cious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incapacitated p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating ] [ Pref. in- not + capacitate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. [ 1913 Webster ]

It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. causing disability.
Syn. -- crippling, disabling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incapacities [ Cf. F. incapacité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lack of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Lack of legal ability or competency to do, give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.

Syn. -- Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness; disqualification; disability. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Mexican. ] The raccoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. papatia, fr. L. papa a father, bishop. See Pope. ] 1. The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The popes, collectively; the succession of popes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Pickaback. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rapacious. ] (Zool.) Same as Accipitres. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. “ The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Thy Lord ] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacité. See Rapacious. ] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. “The rapacity of some ages.” Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The American hawk owl. See under Hawk. [ 1913 Webster ]