Apostil-hed, sb. office of apostle, W.

Apotecarie, sb. apothecary, C; potekary, NED.—­OF. apotecaire; Late Lat. apothecarium (acc.), from apotheca; Gr. [Greek:  apothaekae], storehouse.

Apoyson, v. to poison, PP; apoysoned, pp., PP.—­OF. apoisoner, for empoisoner. (A- 10.)

App-; see Ap-.

Appairen, v. to injure; appayre, S2, P; see Apeyren.

Appairing, sb. injuring, S3.

Appel, sb. apple, PP; eppel, MD; applis, pl.  W2.—­AS. A|ppel.

Apple-garnade, sb. pomegranate, S2 (garnade).  Cf. Garnet-appille.

Aprentis, sb. apprentice, NED; prentis, S2, PP; aprentys, pl.  PP.—­OF. aprentis (AF. aprentiz), nom. of aprentif, from aprendre, to learn; Lat. apprehendere = ad+prehendere. (A- 7.)

A-quenchen, v. to quench, PP; a-cwenchen, S; aqueynte, pt. s.  S2; aqueynt, PP.—­AS. Ai-cwencan. (A- 1.)

Aquerne, sb. squirrel, S, NED; acquerne, S.—­AS. Aicwern (Voc.); cp.  Icel. A-korni, G. eichhorn, MDu. A(C)ncoren.

Aqueyntaunce, sb. acquaintance, S2, CM, MD.—­OF. acointance, AF. aqueyntance. (A- 7.)

Aqueynten, v. to become known, MD; aquointe, pp. acquainted, NED; aquente, NED; aquynt, S2.—­OF. acointer (acuinter); Late Lat. adcognitare, from Lat. ad+cognitum, pp. of cognoscere. (A- 7.)

Ar, prep., conj, and adv. before, S, S2, G, H, P; see Er.

Ar, pr. pl. are, S2, PP; see Aren.

Arace, v. to pull up by the roots, C2, CM; arache, NED.—­AF. aracer, OF. esrachier; Lat. e(x)radicare. (A-9.)

Aranye, sb. spider, Prompt.; arain, HD; aranee, HD; eranye, Prompt.; erayne, Prompt.; erayn, H; arane, H; erane, Voc.; yreyne, W2; aran, H; irain, NED; arrans, pl., HD; yreyns, W2.—­OF. araigne (iraigne); Lat. aranea.

Arate, v. to correct, blame, rate, PP.  Probably a variant of Aretten.  Cf.  OF. aratter = aretter (Godefroy).

Aray, sb. array, PP; array, S2 (19.393), C2, C.—­OF. arei (arroi).

Arayen, v. to array, NED, PP; arayed, pp.  W; arrayed, C2, C3.—­AF. arayer; OF. areier, areer:  It. arredare (Florio); from Lat. ad + Low Lat. *_re*do_ (OF. rei), preparation, of Teutonic origin. (A-7.)