‖n. [ Sp. ] A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair. ] 1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling. ] [ OF. apareiller. ] 1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To dress or clothe; to attire. [ 1913 Webster ]

They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 wearing clothes. the elegantly appareled gentleman
Syn. -- attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. aparence. ] Appearance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The position of being heir apparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear. ] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is apparent foul play. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. --
Apparent time. See Time. --
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An heir apparent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll draw it [ the sword ] as apparent to the crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Visibly. [ Obs. ] Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ Mex. Sp. ] Same as Chaparajos. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compared p. pr. & vb. n. Comparing. ] [ L.comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair, Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer. ] 1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compare dead happiness with living woe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The place he found beyond expression bright,
Compared with aught on earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compare our faces and be judge yourself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To compare great things with small. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing “- er” and “-est” to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing “more” and “most”, or “less” and “least”, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.

Syn. -- To Compare, Compare with, Compare to. Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should compare with him in excellence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall pack horses . . . compare with Cæsars? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Comparison. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His mighty champion, strong beyond compare. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their small galleys may not hold compare
With our tall ships. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Illustration by comparison; simile. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. comparare to prepare, procure; com- + parare. See Prepare, Parade. ] To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To fill his bags, and richesse to compare. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who compares. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Apparel, v. t. ] [ Pref. dis- + apparel: cf. OF. desapareiller. ] To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drink disapparels the soul. Junius (1635). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render unprepared. [ Obs. ] Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖Verbar; n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. gemma bud + parere to produce. ] (Zool.) Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Peerless; incomparable. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Nonpareil, a. ] 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. nonpareille. ] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted bunting and painted finch. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. (Cookery) A small sphere, less than 1 mm diamter, of colored sugar, used to decorate confections; -- usually used in the plural as though the name of a substance; as, sprinkled with nonpareils. [ PJC ]

5. pl. A type of candy chocolate consisting of a small flat disk of chocolate, less than one inch diameter, having nonpareils{ 4 } sprinkled on the top; as, she ate a box of nonpareils at the movie. [ PJC ]

a. [ F., from non not + pareil equal, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Non, and Pair, Peer. ] Having no equal; peerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pared p. pr. & vb. n. Paring. ] [ F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. Empire, Parade, Pardon, Parry, Prepare. ] 1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundancies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Rhet.) Juxtaposing words having a common derivation, as in the phrase "sense and sensibility". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; -- called also paregoric elexir. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. paregoricus, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; addressing, encouraging, soothing; para` beside + &unr_; an assembly: cf. F. parégorique. See Allegory. ] Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to draw aside, to be redundant; para` beside + &unr_; to draw. ] (Gram.) The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + electro- + Gr. &unr_; law. ] (Physiol.) A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Cf. F. parelle. ] (Bot.) (a) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and Rumex Hydrolapathum). (b) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; an insertion beside. See Para-, and Embolus. ] (Rhet.) A kind of parenthesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Parament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. pare`mptwsis a coming in beside; para` beside + 'empiptein to fall in. ] Same as Parembole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. pare`gchyma, fr. paregchei^n to pour in beside; para` beside + 'en in + chei^n to pour: cf. F. parenchyme. ] (Biol.) The soft cellular substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, the soft tissue of glands, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. parenchymateux. ] Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. paraenesis, Gr. parai`nesis, fr. parainei^n to advise. ] Exhortation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. parainetiko`s: cf. F. parénétique. ] Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [ R. ] F. Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. Part. ] 1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parent cell. (Biol.) See Mother cell, under Mother, also Cytula. --
Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division, divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis, and Cell division, under Division. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. parentage relationship. ] Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. “Wilt thou deny thy parentage?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parentalis. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations; parental affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care. [ 1913 Webster ]

The careful course and parental provision of nature. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a parental manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parentatio, fr. parentare to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents. See Parent. ] Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [ Obs. ] Abp. Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. parentèle, L. parentela. ] Kinship; parentage. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Parentheses [ NL., fr. Gr. pare`nqesis, fr. parentiqe`nai to put in beside, insert; para` beside + 'en in + tiqe`nai to put, place. See Para-, En-, 2, and Thesis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes. “Seldom mentioned without a derogatory parenthesis.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long parenthesis. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the phrase “by way of comment or explanation” is inserted for explanation, and the sentence would be grammatically complete without it. The present tendency is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when confusion would arise from a less conspicuous separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. Gr. pare`nqetos. ] 1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Using or containing parentheses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Added within parentheses to amplify or explain; as, parenthetical remarks. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent. [ 1913 Webster ]