increase in value.

_Approach_. "The juror was approached"; that is, overtures were made
to him with a view to bribing him. As there is no other single word
for it, approach is made to serve, figuratively; and being graphic, it
is not altogether objectionable.

_Appropriated_ for _Took_. "He appropriated his neighbor's horse to
his own use." To appropriate is to set apart, as a sum of money, for a
special purpose.

_Approve of_ for _Approve_. There is no sense in making approve an
intransitive verb.

_Apt_ for _Likely_. "One is apt to be mistaken." Apt means facile,
felicitous, ready, and the like; but even the dictionary-makers cannot
persuade a person of discriminating taste to accept it as synonymous
with likely.

_Around_ for _About_. "The débris of battle lay around them." "The
huckster went around, crying his wares." Around carries the concept of
circularity.

_Article_. A good and useful word, but used without meaning by
shopkeepers; as, "A good article of vinegar," for a good vinegar.

_As_ for _That_, or _If_. "I do not know as he is living." This error
is not very common among those who can write at all, but one sometimes
sees it in high place.