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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

April

/āʹprəl/ · A·pril · IPA /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
01 n. The fourth month of the year.
  1. 1.
    The fourth month of the year.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.
    “The April's her eyes; it is love's spring.” Shak.
Phrases & compounds
April fool — one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April.