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ap⋅pa⋅rat

  [ap-uh-rat, ah-puh-raht]
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–noun
an organization or existing power structure, esp. a political one: a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.
Origin:
1940–45; < Russ apparát orig., scientific apparatus < G < L apparātus. See apparatus
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ap·pa·rat   (āp'ə-rāt', ä'pə-rät')   
n.  See apparatus.

[Russian, the government organization or staff, from German Apparat, a political organization, from Latin apparātus, preparation; see apparatus.]
ap·pa·rat·us   (āp'ə-rāt'əs, -rā'təs)   
n.   pl. apparatus or ap·pa·rat·us·es

    1. An appliance or device for a particular purpose: an x-ray apparatus.

    2. An integrated group of materials or devices used for a particular purpose: dental apparatus. See Synonyms at equipment.

    3. The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government.

    4. A political organization or an underground political movement. Also called apparat.

    1. The totality of means by which a designated function is performed or a specific task executed, as in a system of government.

    2. A political organization or an underground political movement. Also called apparat.

  3. Physiology A group or system of organs that collectively perform a specific function or process: the respiratory apparatus; the digestive apparatus.

  4. The critical and source material that accompanies an edition of a text.


[Latin apparātus, preparation, from past participle of apparāre, to prepare : ad-, ad- + parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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