a. [ OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See Aperient, and cf. Pert, a. ] Open; evident; undisguised. [ Archaic ] Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apertio. ] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [ Archaic ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Openly; clearly. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Openness; frankness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apertura, fr. aperire. See Aperient. ] 1. The act of opening. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Appertained p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining. ] [ OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain. ] To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance. [ Obs. or R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Appurtenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging; appertaining. [ Now usually written appurtenant. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See Champerty. ] (Law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ (L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share. ] 1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauté ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness,
Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By many authorities champerty is defined as an agreement of this nature. From early times the offence of champerty has been forbidden and punishable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Depart. ] Divisible. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. expert, L. expertus, p. p. of experiri to try. See Experience. ] Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery. [ 1913 Webster ]

A valiant and most expert gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What practice, howsoe'er expert
In fitting aptest words to things . . .
Hath power to give thee as thou wert? Tennyson.

Syn. -- Adroit; dexterous; clever; ready; prompt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Such specialists may be witnesses in matters as to which ordinary observers could not without such aid form just conclusions, and are liable for negligence in case they injure another from want of proper qualifications or proper care in the exercise of their specialty.

(b) A sworn appraiser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To experience. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Die would we daily, once it to expert. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.

Syn. -- Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See Facility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. abnormally high blood pressure; especially, the chronic condition associated with persistent high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

n. 1. having abnormally high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

2. Causing high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

n. A person who suffers from persistently high blood pressure. [ PJC ]

n. abnormally high body temperature.
Syn. -- hyperthermy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; "ype`r over + tiqe`nai to place.] Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression. Chapman. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; "ype`r over + &unr_; door.] (Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

n. (Med.) An abnormality of the thyroid gland characterized by the pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones; -- also, the resulting condition characterized by increased metabolism, weight loss, rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, an enlarged thyroid gland and sometimes exophthalmos. It leads to, and may be confirmed by, high plasma levels of triiodothyronine or thyroxin.
Syn. -- thyrotoxicosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. hyper- + tonic. ] (Physiology, Biochemistry) Having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution; -- of an aqueous solution. Increasing the concentration of dissolved solids increases the osmotic pressure, and thus the tonicity of a solution. Opposite of hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic. [ wns=1 ] [ PJC ]

A knowledge of the colligative properties of solutions . . . is essential for one to understand fully the principles involved in rendering intravenous solutions isotonic with blood serum, or opthalmic solutions isotonic with lachrymal fluid. Solutions thus adjusted produce less shock and much less irritation than those which are hypotonic or hypertonic, and present-day practise recognizes the desirability of making the necessary adjustments whenever possible. Cook & Martin (Remington's Practice of Pharmacy, Tenth Ed.: Mack Publ., Easton Pa., 1951)

2. Specifically: Having an osmotic pressure greater than that of blood plasma, which is approximately that of a 0.2 normal solution of sodium chloride. Cells taken from a medium of normal physiological osmolality and placed in a hypertonic medium will shrink. [ wns=1 ] [ PJC ]

3. in a state of abnormally high tension; -- of muscle. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- pumped-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hypertrophique. ] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + &unr_; nourishment, fr. &unr_; to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent. ] 1. The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility. [ 1913 Webster ]

We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Impertinence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O, matter and impertinency mixed!
Reason in madness! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. impertinens, -entis; pref. im- not + pertinens. See Pertinent. ] 1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things that are impertinent to us. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

How impertinent that grief was which served no end! Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.

Syn. -- Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly; meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent. -- Impertinent, Officious, Rude. A person is officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where they are not needed; he is impertinent when he intermeddles in things with which he has no concern. The former shows a lack of tact, the latter a lack of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence. A person is rude when he violates the proprieties of social life either from ignorance or wantonness. “An impertinent man will ask questions for the mere gratification of curiosity; a rude man will burst into the room of another, or push against his person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is officious is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when he strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy.” Crabb. See Impudence, and Insolent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An impertinent person. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impertinent manner. “Not to betray myself impertinently.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being impertransible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pref. im- not + pertransire to go through. See Per- and Transient. ] Incapable of being passed through. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being imperturbable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture. ] Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. imperturbatio. ] Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not perturbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Impropriety. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexpertus inexperienced: cf. F. inexpert. See In- not, and Expert. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Destitute of experience or of much experience. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice. Akenside. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of expertness or skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. malapert unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See Malice, and Aperient. ] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. Shak. -- n. A malapert person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use of my authority ? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mal"a*pert`ly, adv. -- mal"a*pert`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. opertaneus; operire to hide. ] Concealed; private. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively malapert or impudent. [ Obs. ] Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known, true, free, or impudent. See Apert. ] 1. Open; evident; apert. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent. “A very pert manner.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]