, the 4th month of the year according to the common computation, and the 2d from the vernal equinox.—The word is derived from Aprilis, of aperio, I open; because the earth, in this month, begins to open her bosom for the production of vegetables.—In this month the sun travels through part of the signs Aries and Taurus.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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