Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) (part 4)

AnÏfrac¶tuÏose· (?; 135), a. [See Anfractuous.] Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
AnÏfrac·tuÏos¶iÏty (?), n.; pl. Anfractuosities (?). [Cf. F. anfractuosit‚.] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper.
Macaulay.
2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
AnÏfrac¶tuÏous (?), a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; anÏ, for ambÏ + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. Ð AnÏfrac¶tuÏousÏness, n.
AnÏfrac¶ture (?), n. A mazy winding.
AnÏga¶riÏa¶tion (?), n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. anga??us, Gr. ? (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches.] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.]
Speed.
An·geiÏol¶oÏgy (?), n., An·geiÏot¶oÏmy, etc. Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.
An¶gel (?), n. [AS. ‘angel, engel, influenced by OF. angele, angle, F. ange. Both the AS. and the OF. words are from L. angelus, Gr. ? messenger, a messenger of God, an ~.] 1. A messenger. [R.]
The dear good angel of the Spring,
The nightingale.
B. Jonson.
2. A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
O, welcome, pureÐeyed Faith, whiteÐhanded Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings.
Milton.
3. One of a class of ½fallen angels;¸ an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
4. A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches. [Archaic]
UntoÐthe angel of the church of Ephesus write.
Rev. ii. 1.
5. Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
Shak.
6. An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
When pain and anguish wring the brow.
Sir W. Scott.
7. (Numis.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
Amer. Cyc.
µ Angel is sometimes used adjectively; as, angel grace; angel whiteness.
÷ bed, a bed without posts. Ð ÷ fish. (Zo”l.) (a) A species of shark (Sq??tina angelus) from six to eight feet long, found on the coasts of Europe and North America. It takes its name from its pectoral fins, which are very large and extend horizontally like wings when spread. (b) One of several species of compressed, bright colored fishes warm seas, belonging to the family, Ch‘todontid‘. Ð ÷ gold, standard gold. [Obs.] Fuller. Ð ÷ shark. See Angel fish. Ð ÷ shot (Mil.), a kind of chain shot. Ð ÷ water, a perfumed liquid made at first chiefly from angelica; afterwards containing rose, myrtle, and orangeÐflower waters, with ambergris, etc. [Obs.]
An¶gelÏage (?), n. Existence or state of angels.
An¶gelÏet (?), n. [OF. angelet.] A small gold coin formerly current in England; a half angel.
Eng. Cyc.
An¶gel fish. See under Angel.
An¶gelÏhood (?), n. The state of being an angel; angelic nature.
Mrs. Browning.
{ AnÏgel¶ic (?), AnÏgel¶icÏal (?), } a. [L. angelicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. ang‚lique.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. ½Angelic harps.¸ Thomson.½Angelical actions.¸ Hooker.
The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience.
Macaulay.
Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; Ð so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14.
Eadie.
AnÏgel¶ic, a. [From Angelica.] (Chem.) Of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
÷ acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.
AnÏgel¶iÏca (?), n. [NL. See Angelic.] (Bot.) 1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
2. The candied leaf stalks of ~.
÷ tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.
AnÏgel¶icÏalÏly (?), adv. Like an angel.
AnÏgel¶icÏalÏness, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
AnÏgel¶iÏfy (?), v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.]
Farindon (1647).
An¶gelÏize (?), v. t. To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.
It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man.
W. Taylor.
An¶gelÏlike· (?), a. & adv. Resembling an angel.
An·gelÏol¶aÏtry (?), n. [Gr. ? angel + ? service, worship.] Worship paid to angels.
An·gelÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [L. angelus, Gr. ? + Ïlogy.] A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.
The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology.
Milman.
An·gelÏoph¶aÏny (?), n. [Gr. ? angel + ? to appear.] The actual appearance of an angel to man.
An¶geÏlot (?), n. [F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel.] 1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]
2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused.
Johnson. R. Browning.
3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.
Ø An¶geÏlus (?), n. [L.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell.
Shipley.
An¶ger (?), n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction, ~, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. †nger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. ? to strangle, Skr. amhas pain, and to. anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. ?.] 1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.]
I made the experiment, setting the moxa where… the greatest anger and soreness still continued.
Temple.
2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.
Anger is like
A full not horse, who being allowed his way,
SelfÐmettle tires him.
Shak.
Syn. - Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. Ð Anger, Indignation, Resentment, Wrath, Ire, Rage, Fury. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of ~ in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting ~. See Resentment. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of ~; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence.
An¶ger (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Angered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Angering.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.]
He… angereth malign ulcers.
Bacon.
2. To excite to ~; to enrage; to provoke.
Taxes and impositions… which rather angered than grieved the people.
Clarendon.
An¶gerÏly, adv. Angrily. [Obs.or Poetic]
Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly.
Shak.
An¶geÏvine (?), a. [F. Angevin.] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. Ð n. A native of Anjou.
Ø An·giÏen¶chyÏma (?), n. [Gr. ? receptacle + ?. Formed like Parenchyma.] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
Ø AnÏgi¶na (?), n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger, n.] (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.
÷ pectoris (?), a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; Ð called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.
{ An¶giÏnous (?), An¶giÏnose· (?), } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.
An¶giÏoÏ (?). [Gr. ? vessel receptacle.] A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
An·giÏoÏcar¶pous (?), a. [AngioÏ + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)(a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
Gray.
An·giÏof¶raÏphy (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïgraphy: cf. F. angiographie.] (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
An·giÏol¶oÏgy (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïlogy.] (Anat.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.
Ø An·giÏo¶ma (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïoma.] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.
An·giÏoÏmon·oÏsper¶mous (?), a. [AngioÏ + monospermous.] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
An¶giÏoÏscope (?), n. [AngioÏ + Ïscope.] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
Morin.
An¶giÏoÏsperm (?), n. [AngioÏ + Gr. ?, ?, seed.] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.
µ The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms.
An·giÏoÏsper¶maÏtous (?), a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous.
An·giÏoÏsper¶mous (?), a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
An·giÏos¶poÏrous (?), a. [AngioÏ + spore.] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thec‘, as in the case of some fungi.
An·giÏos¶toÏmous (?), a. [AngioÏ + Gr. ? mouth.] (Zo”l.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.
An·giÏot¶oÏmy (?), n. [AngioÏ + Gr. ? a cutting.] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.
Dunglison.
An¶gle (?), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. ? bent, crooked, angular, ? a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fishÏ

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hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook.
Into the utmost angle of the world.
Spenser.
To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
Milton.
2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
Dryden.
4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological ½houses.¸ [Obs.]
Chaucer.
5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
Shak.
A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
Pope.
Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 900. Ð Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. Ð Alternate angles. See Alternate. Ð Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. Ð Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. Ð Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight. Ð Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. Ð Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. Ð Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. Ð Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. Ð Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines. Ð External angles, angles formed by the sides of any rightÐlined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. Ð Facial angle. See under Facial. Ð Internal angles, those which are within any rightÐlined figure. Ð Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line. Ð Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. Ð Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 900. Ð Optic angle. See under Optic. Ð Rectilineal or RightÐlined angle, one formed by two right lines. Ð Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 900 (measured by a quarter circle). Ð Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. Ð Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. Ð Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. Ð For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
An¶gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Angled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Angling (?).] 1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.
The hearts of all that he did angle for.
Shak.
An¶gle, v. t. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] ½He angled the people's hearts.¸
Sir P. Sidney.
An¶gled (?), a. Having an angle or angles; Ð used in compounds; as, rightÐangled, manyÐangled, etc.
The thrice threeÐangled beechnut shell.
Bp. Hall.
An¶gleÏme·ter (?), n. [Angle + Ïmeter.] An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
An¶gler (?), n. 1. One who angles.
2. (Zo”l.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
An¶gles (?), n. pl. [L. Angli. See Anglican.] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called EnglaÐland (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
An¶gleÏsite (?), n. [From the Isle of Anglesea.] (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
An¶gleÏwise· (?), adv. [Angle + wise, OE. wise manner.] In an angular manner; angularly.
An¶gleÏworm· (?), n. (Zo”l.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
An¶gliÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Angles. Ð n. One of the Angles.
An¶glic (?), a. Anglian.
An¶gliÏcan (?), a. [Angli the Angles, a Germanic tribe in Lower Germany. Cf. English.] 1. English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
An¶gliÏcan (?), n. 1. A member of the Church of England.
Whether Catholics, Anglicans, or Calvinists.
Burke.
2. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.
An¶gliÏcanÏism (?), n. 1. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
2. The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the highÐchurch party.
3. Attachment to England or English institutions.
Ø An¶gliÏce (?), adv. [NL.] In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn.
AnÏglic¶iÏfy (?), v. t. [NL. Anglicus English + Ïfly.] To anglicize. [R.]
An¶gliÏcism (?), n. [Cf. F. anglicisme.] 1. An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
Dryden.
2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
AnÏgic¶iÏty (?), n. The state or quality of being English.
An·gliÏciÏza¶tion (?), n. The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
An¶gliÏcize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglicized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Anglicizing.] To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
An¶gliÏfy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anglified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Anglifying.] [L. Angli + Ïfly.] To convert into English; to anglicize.
Franklin. Darwin.
An¶gling (?), n. The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Walton.
An¶gloÐ (?). [NL. Anglus English. See Anglican.] A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, AngloÐTurkish treaty, AngloÐGerman, AngloÐIrish.
AngloÐAmerican, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. Ð n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States.
AngloÐDanish, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Danes, or to the Danes who settled in England.
AngloÐIndian, a. Of or pertaining to the English in India, or to the English and East Indian peoples or languages. Ð n. One of the ^ race born or resident in the East Indies.
AngloÐNorman, a. Of or pertaining to the ^ and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. Ð n. One of the ^ Normans, or the Normans who conquered England.
AngloÐSaxon. See AngloÐSaxon in the Vocabulary.
An¶gloÐCath¶oÏlic , a,. Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; Ð sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
An¶gloÐCath¶oÏlic, n. A member of the Church of England who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a High Churchman.
An¶gloÏma¶niÏa (?), n. [AngloÏ + mania.] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
An·gloÏma¶niÏac, n. One affected with Anglomania.
An·gloÏpho¶biÏa (?), n. [AngloÏ + Gr. ? fear.] Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. Ð An¶gloÏphobe (?), n.
An¶gloÏSax¶on (?), n. [L. AngliÐSaxones English Saxons.] 1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or ½Old¸) Saxon.
2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.
It is quite correct to call ’thelstan ½King of the AngloÐSaxons,¸ but to call this or that subject of ’thelstan ½an AngloÐSaxon¸ is simply nonsense.
E. A. Freeman.
3. The language of the ^ people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.
An¶gloÐSax¶on, a. Of or pertaining to the AngloÐSaxons or their language.
An¶gloÐSax¶onÏdom (?), n. The AngloÐSaxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the AngloÐSaxon race.
An¶gloÐSax¶onÏism (?), n. 1. A characteristic of the AngloÐSaxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the AngloÐSaxon tongue.
M. Arnold.
2. The quality or sentiment of being AngloÐSaxon, or ^ in its ethnological sense.
AnÏgo¶la (?), n. [A corruption of Angora.] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.
AnÏgo¶la pea· (?). (Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; Ð so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.
Ø An¶gor , n. [L. See Anger.] (Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
AnÏgo¶ra (?), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
÷ cat (Zo”l.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also Angola cat. See Cat. Ð ÷ goatÿ(Zo”l.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.
An·gosÏtu¶ra bark¶ (?). From Angostura, in Venezuela.] An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis).
U. S. Disp.
Ø An·gou·mois¶ moth¶ (?; 115). [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zo”l.) A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the inferior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
An¶griÏly (?), adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
An¶griÏness, n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.
Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything.
Whole Duty of Man.
An¶gry (?), a. [Compar. Angrier (?); superl. Angriest.] [See Anger.] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.]
God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; Ð followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.
Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves.
Gen. xlv. 5.
Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice?
Eccles. v. 6.
4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. ½An angry countenance.¸
Prov. xxv. 23.
5. Red. [R.]
Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave.
Herbert.
6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.]
I never ate with angrier appetite.
Tennyson.
Syn. - Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.
An¶guiÏform (?), a. [L. angius snake + Ïform.] SnakeÐshaped.
AnÏguil¶liÏform (?), a. [L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + Ïform.] EelÐshaped.
µ The ½Anguill‘formes¸ of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel.
An¶guine (?), a. [L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. ½The anguine or snakelike reptiles.¸
Owen.
AnÏquin¶eÏal (?), a. Anguineous.
AnÏguin¶eÏous (?), a. [L. anguineus.] Snakelike.
An¶guish (?), n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Ex. vi. 9.
Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child.
Jer. iv. 31.
Rarely used in the plural: Ð
Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.
Latimer.
Syn. - Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.
An¶guish, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.]
Temple.
An¶guÏlar (?), a. [L. angularis, fr. angulus angle, corner. See Angle.] 1. Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharpÐcornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.
2. Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.
3. Fig.: Lean; lank; rawÐboned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.
÷ aperture, ÷ distance. See Aperture, Distance. Ð ÷ motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed over at the point or axis by a line drawn to the body. Ð ÷ point, the point at which the sides of the angle meet; the vertex. Ð ÷ velocity, the ratio of ~ motion to the time employed in describing.
An¶guÏlar, n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
An·guÏlar¶iÏty (?), n. The quality or state of being angular; angularness.
An¶guÏlarÏly (?), adv. In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
B. Jonson.
An¶guÏlarÏness, n. The quality of being angular.
{ An¶guÏlate (?), An¶guÏla·ted (?), } a. [L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular.] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
An¶guÏlate (?), v. t. To make angular.
An·guÏla¶tion (?), n. A making angular; angular formation.
Huxley.
An¶guÏloÐden¶tate (?), a. [L. angulus angle + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves.
An¶guÏlom¶eÏter (?), n. [L. angulus angle + Ïmeter.] An instrument for measuring external angles.
An¶guÏlose· (?), a. Angulous. [R.]
An·guÏlos¶iÏty (?), n. A state of being angulous or angular. [Obs.]
An¶guÏlous (?), a. [L. angulosus: cf. F. anguleux.] Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.]
Held together by hooks and angulous involutions.
Glanvill.
AnÏgust¶ (?), a. [L. angustus. See Anguish.] Narrow; strait. [Obs.]
AnÏgus¶tate (?), a. [L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow.] Narrowed.
An·gusÏta¶tion (?), n. The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting.
Wiseman.

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{ AnÏgus·tiÏfo¶liÏate (?), AnÏgus·tiÏfo¶liÏous (?), } a. [L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves.
Wright.
An·gusÏtu¶ra bark· (?). See Angostura bark.
Ø An·gwanÏti¶bo (?), n. (Zo”l.) A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.
AnÏhang¶ (?), v. t. [AS. onhangian.] To hang. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
An·harÏmon¶ic (?), a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? harmonic.] (Math.) Not harmonic.
The ~ function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity ? : ?, where the segments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.
An·heÏla¶tion (?), n. [L. anhelatio, fr. anhelare to pant; an (perh. akin to E. on) + halare to breathe: cf. F. anh‚lation.] Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.
Glanvill.
AnÏhele¶ (?), v. i. [Cf. OF. aneler, anheler. See Anhelation.] To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for). [Obs.]
They anhele… for the fruit of our convocation.
Latimer.
An¶heÏlose (?), a. Anhelous; panting. [R.]
AnÏhe¶lous (?), a. [L. anhelus.] Short of breath; panting.
Ø An¶hiÏma (?), n. [Brazilian name.] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
Ø AnÏhin¶ga (?), n. [Pg.] (Zo”l.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
AnÏhis¶tous (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? web, tissue: cf. F. anhiste.] (Biol.) Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.
AnÏhun¶gered (?), a. Ahungered; longing. [Archaic]
AnÏhy¶dride (?), n. [See Anhydrous.] (Chem.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; Ð so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.
AnÏhy¶drite (?), n. [See Anhydrous.] (Min.) A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
AnÏhy¶drous (?), a. [Gr. ? wanting water; ? priv. + ? water.] Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
Ø A¶ni (?) or Ø A¶no (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.
Ø An¶iÏcut, Ø An¶niÏcut (?), n. [Tamil anai kattu dam building.] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India]
Brande & C.
AnÏid·iÏmat¶icÏal (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + E. idiomatical.] Not idiomatic. [R.]
Landor.
{ An¶iÏent , An·iÏen¶tise (?), } v. t. [OF. anientir, F. an‚antir.] To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
AÏnigh¶ (?), prep. & adv. [Pref. aÏ + nigh.] Nigh. [Archaic]
{ AÏnight¶ (?), AÏnights¶ (?), } adv. [OE. on night. [Archaic]
Does he hawk anights still?
Marston.
An¶il (?), n. [F. anil, Sp. anÆl, or Pg. anil; all fr. Ar. anÐnÆl, for alÐnÆl the indigo plant, fr. Skr. nÆla dark blue, nÆlÆ indigo, indigo plant. Cf. Lilac.] (Bot.) A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
An¶ile (?), a. [L. anilis, fr. anus an old woman.] OldÐwomanish; imbecile. ½Anile ideas.¸
Walpole.
An¶ileÏness (?), n. Anility. [R.]
AnÏil¶ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; Ð applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo. [R.]
An¶iÏlide (?), n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
An¶iÏline (?; 277), n. [See Anil.] (Chem.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
An¶iÏline, a. Made from, or of the nature of, ~.
AÏnil¶iÏty (?), n. [L. anilitas. See Anile.] The state of being and old woman; oldÐwomanishness; dotage. ½Marks of anility.¸
Sterne.
An·iÏmadÏver¶sal (?), n. The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. [Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
An·iÏmadÏver¶sion (?), n. [L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert.] 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [Obs.]
The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called.
Glanvill.
2. Monition; warning. [Obs.]
Clarendon.
3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions.
Clarendon.
4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] ½Divine animadversions.¸
Wesley.
Syn. - Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment.
An·iÏmadÏver¶sive (?), a. Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [Archaic]
Glanvill.
I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty.
Coleridge.
An·iÏmadÏvert¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Animadverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Animadverting.] [L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; ad to + vertere to turn.] 1. To take notice; to observe; Ð commonly followed by that.
Dr. H. More.
2. To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; Ð with on or upon.
I should not animadvert on him… if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare.
Dryden.
3. To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [Archaic]
Grew.
Syn. - To remark; comment; criticise; censure.
An·iÏmadÏvert¶er (?), n. One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.
An¶iÏmal (?), n. [L., fr. anima breath, soul: cf. F. animal. See Animate.] 1. An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.
2. One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
An¶iÏmal, a. [Cf. F. animal.] 1. Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
3. Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
÷ magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism. Ð ÷ electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc. Ð ÷ flower (Zo”l.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc. Ð ÷ heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living ~, by means of which the ~ is kept at nearly a uniform temperature. Ð ÷ spirits. See under Spirit. Ð ÷ kingdom, the whole class of being endowed with ~ life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers. The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: Ð
Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania).
Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians.
Articulata or Annulosa, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda).
Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera, Ch‘tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea.
Molluscoidea, including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa.
Mollusca, including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala.
Echinodermata, including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea.
C?lenterata, including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs.
Spongiozoa or Porifera, including the sponges.
Protozoa, including Infusoria and Rhizopoda.
For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary.
{ An·iÏmal¶cuÏlar (?), An·iÏmal¶cuÏline (?), } a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. ½Animalcular life.¸
Tyndall.
An·iÏmal¶cule (?), n. [As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim. of animal.] 1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.]
Ray.
2. (Zo”l.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.
µ Many of the soÐcalled animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are Volvox, the Desmidiac‘, and the siliceous Diatomace‘.
Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa.
An·iÏmal¶cuÏlism (?), n. [Cf. F. animalculisme.] (Biol.) The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.
An·iÏmal¶cuÏlist (?), n. [Cf. F. animalculiste.] 1. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
Keith.
2. A believer in the theory of animalculism.
Ø An·iÏmal¶cuÏlum (?), n.; pl. Animalcula (?). [NL. See Animalcule.] An animalcule.
µ Animalcul‘, as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism.
An¶iÏmalÏish (?), a. Like an animal.
An¶iÏmalÏism (?), n. [Cf. F. animalisme.] The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.
An·iÏmal¶iÏty (?), n. [Cf. F. animalit‚.] Animal existence or nature.
Locke.
An·ÏmalÏiÏza¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. animalisation.] 1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
Owen.
An¶iÏmalÏize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing.] [Cf. F. animaliser.] 1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
Warburton.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy.
Coleridge.
An¶iÏmalÏly, adv. Physically.
G. Eliot.
An¶iÏmalÏness, n. Animality. [R.]
An·iÏmas¶tic (?), a. [L. anima breath, life.] Pertaining to mind or spirit; spiritual.
An·iÏmas¶tic, n. Psychology. [Obs.]
An¶iÏmate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating.] [L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. ? wind, Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. usÐanan to expire (usÏ out), Icel. ”nd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal.] 1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.
2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
Dryden.
3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.
The more to animate the people, he stood on high… and cried unto them with a loud voice.
Knolles.
Syn. - To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden.
An¶iÏmate (?), a. [L. animatus, p. p.] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
The admirable structure of animate bodies.
Bentley.
An¶iÏma·ted (?), a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. ½Animated sounds.¸ Pope. ½Animated bust.¸ Gray. ½Animated descriptions.¸ Lewis.
An¶iÏma·tedÏly, adv. With animation.
An¶iÏma·ter (?), n. One who animates.
De Quincey.
An¶iÏma¶ting, a. Causing animation; lifeÐgiving; inspiriting; rousing. ½Animating cries.¸ Pope. Ð An¶iÏma·tingÏly, adv.
An·iÏma¶tion (?), n. [L. animatio, fr. animare.] 1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.
The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame.
Bp. Hall.
Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation.
Landor.
2. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.
Suspended ~, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.
Syn. - Liveliness; vivacity; spirit; buoyancy; airiness; sprightliness; promptitude; enthusiasm; ardor; earnestness; energy. See Liveliness.
An¶iÏmaÏtive (?), aÿHaving the power of giving life or spirit.
Johnson.
An¶iÏma·tor (?), n. [L. animare.] One who, or that which, animates; an animater.
Sir T. Browne.
Ø A¶niÏme· (?), a. [F., animated.] (Her.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself; Ð said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.
Brande & C.
Ø A¶niÏme (?), n. [F. anim‚ animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.] A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymen‘a courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.
Ure.
An¶iÏmism (?), n. [Cf. F. animisme, fr. L. anima soul. See Animate.] 1. The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
2. The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
Tylor.
An¶iÏmist (?), n. [Cf. F. animiste.] One who maintains the doctrine of animism.
An·iÏmis¶tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to animism.
Huxley. Tylor.
{ An·iÏmose¶ (?), An¶iÏmous (?), } a. [L. animosus, fr. animus soul, spirit, courage.] Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. [Obs.]
Ash.
An·iÏmose¶ness (?), n. Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]
An·iÏmos¶iÏty (?), n.; pl. Animosities (?). [F. animosit‚, fr. L. animositas. See Animose, Animate, v. t.] 1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.]
Skelton.
Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth.
Holland.
2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Macaulay.
Syn. - Enmity; hatred; opposition. Ð Animosity, Enmity. Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between opposing parties. The animosities which were continually springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for successive ages. The animosities which have been engendered among Christian sects have always been the reproach of the church.
Such [writings] s naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.
Spectator.
[These] factions… never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government.
Hume.
An¶iÏmus (?), n.; pl. Animi (?). [L., mind.] Animating spirit; intention; temper.
Ø ÷ furandi [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.
An¶iÏon (?), n. [Gr. ?, neut. ?, p. pr. of ? to go up; ? up + ? to go.] (Chem.)

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An electroÐnegative element, or the element which, in electroÐchemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; Ð opposed to cation.
Faraday.
An¶ise (?), n. [OE. anys, F. anis, L. anisum, anethum, fr. Gr. ?, ?.] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.
2. The fruit or seeds of this plant.
An¶iÏseed (?), n. The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. ½Oil of aniseed.¸
Brande & C.
Ø An·iÏsette¶ (?), n. [F.] A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.
De Colange.
AÏnis¶ic (?), a. Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
{ Ø An·iÏsoÏdac¶tyÏla (?), An·iÏsoÏdac¶tyls (?), } n. pl. [NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. ? unequal (? priv. + ? equal) + ? finger.] (Zo”l.) (a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc. (b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
An·iÏsoÏdac¶tyÏlous (?), (a) (Zo”l.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
An·iÏsoÏmer¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? part.] (Chem.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
An·iÏsom¶erÏous (?), a. [See Anisomeric.] (Bot.) Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
An·iÏsoÏmet¶ric (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + E. isometric.] Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; Ð said of crystals with three unequal axes.
Dana.
An·iÏsoÏpet¶alÏous (?), a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? leaf.] (Bot.) Having unequal petals.
An·iÏsoph¶ylÏlous (?), a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? leaf.] (Bot.) Having unequal leaves.
Ø An·iÏsoÏpleu¶ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? unequal + ? side.] (Zo”l.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.
Ø An·iÏsop¶oÏda (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? unequal + Ïpoda.] (Zo”l.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
An·iÏsoÏstem¶oÏnous (?), a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? warp, thread; ? to stand.] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
An·iÏsoÏsthen¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? strength.] Of unequal strength.
{ An¶iÏsoÏtrope· (?), An·iÏsoÏtrop¶ic (?), } a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? a turning, ? to turn.] (Physics) Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
An·iÏsot¶roÏpous (?), a. Anisotropic.
An¶ker (?), n. [D. anker: cf. LL. anceria, ancheria.] A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8? imperial gallons.
An¶kerÏite (?), n. [So called from Prof. Anker of Austria: cf. F. ank‚rite, G. ankerit.] (Min.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron.
An¶kle (?), n. [OE. ancle, anclow, AS. ancleow; akin to Icel. ”kkla, ”kli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb, anguri finger. Cf. Haunch.] The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
÷ bone, the bone of the ~; the astragalus.
An¶kled (?), a.ÿHaving ankles; Ð used in composition; as, wellÐankled.
Beau. & Fl.
An¶klet (?), n. An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
An¶kyÏlose (?), v. t. & i. Same as Anchylose.
Ø An·kyÏlo¶sis (?), n. Same as Anchylosis.
An¶lace (?), n. [Origin unknown.] A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle. [Written also anelace.]
{ Ann (?), An¶nat (?), } n. [LL. annata income of a year, also, of half a year, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annate annats.] (Scots Law) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
Ø An¶na (?), n. [Hindi ¾n¾.] An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2? cents.
An¶nal (?), n. See Annals.
An¶nalÏist, n. [Cf. F. annaliste.] A writer of annals.
The monks… were the only annalists in those ages.
Hume.
An·nalÏis¶tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.½A stiff annalistic method.¸
Sir G. C. Lewis.
An¶nalÏize (?), v. t. To record in annals.
Sheldon.
An¶nals (?), n. pl. [L. annalis (sc. liber), and more frequently in the pl. annales (sc. libri), chronicles, fr. annus year. Cf. Annual.] 1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. ½Annals the revolution.¸ Macaulay. ½The annals of our religion.¸ Rogers.
2. Historical records; chronicles; history.
The short and simple annals of the poor.
Gray.
It was one of the most critical periods in our annals.
Burke.
3. sing. The record of a single event or item. ½In deathless annal.¸
Young.
4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; ½Annals of Science.¸
Syn. - History. See History.
{ An¶nats (?), An¶nates (?), } n. pl. [See Ann.] (Eccl. Law) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
AnÏneal¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing.] [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an?lan; an on + ?lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro.] 1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
AnÏneal¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, anneals.
AnÏneal¶ing, n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
AnÏnec¶tent (?), a. [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.] Connecting; annexing.
Owen.
{ An·neÏlid (?), AnÏnel¶iÏdan (?), } a. [F. ann‚lide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring.] (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. Ð n. One of the Annelida.
Ø AnÏnel¶iÏda (?), n. pl. [NL. See Annelid.] (Zo”l.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Ch‘topoda, including the Oligoch‘ta or earthworms and Polych‘ta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Ch‘topoda.
AnÏnel¶iÏdous (?), a. (Zo”l.) Of the nature of an annelid.
Ø An·nelÏla¶ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) See Annelida.
An¶neÏloid (?), n. [F. annel‚ ringed + Ïoid.] (Zo”l.) An animal resembling an annelid.
AnÏnex¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annexed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.] 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; Ð followed by to. ½He annexed a codicil to a will.¸
Johnson.
2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
He annexed a province to his kingdom.
Johnson.
3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
Syn. - To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.
AnÏnex¶, v. i. To join; to be united.
Tooke.
AnÏnex¶ (?), n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
An·nexÏa¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.
2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.
Wharton.
An·nexÏa¶tionÏist, n. One who favors annexation.
AnÏnex¶er (?), n. One who annexes.
AnÏnex¶ion (?), n. [L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion.] Annexation. [R.]
Shak.
AnÏnex¶ionÏist, n. An annexationist. [R.]
AnÏnex¶ment (?), n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [R.]
Shak.
AnÏni¶hiÏlaÏble (?), a. Capable of being annihilated.
AnÏni¶hiÏlate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [ L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated.
Bacon.
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. ½To annihilate the army.¸
Macaulay.
3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
AnÏni¶hiÏlate (?), a. Anhilated. [Archaic]
Swift.
AnÏni·hiÏla¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. annihilation.] 1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
2. The state of being annihilated.
Hooker.
AnÏni·hiÏla¶tionÏist, n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
AnÏni¶hiÏlaÏtive (?), a. Serving to annihilate; destructive.
AnÏni¶hiÏla·tor (?), n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
AnÏni¶hiÏlaÏtoÏry (?), a. Annihilative.
An·niÏver¶saÏriÏly (?), adv. Annually. [R.]
Bp. Hall.
An·niÏver¶saÏry (?), a. [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time ? annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.
÷ day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. Ð ÷ week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]
An·niÏver¶saÏry, n. pl. Anniversaries (?). [Cf. F. anniversaire.] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.
3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
Dryden.
An¶niÏverse (?), n. [L. anni versus the turning of a year.] Anniversary. [Obs.]
Dryden.

An¶noÏda·ted (?), a. [L. ad to + nodus a knot.] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S.
Cussans.
Ø An¶no Dom¶iÏni (?). [L., in the year of [our] Lord [Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.] In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
AnÏnom¶iÏnate (?), v. t. To name. [R.]
AnÏnom·iÏna¶tion (?), n. [L. annominatio. See Agnomination.] 1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.]
Tyrwhitt.
An¶noÏtate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annotating.] [L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to ~; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n.] To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.
An¶noÏtate, v. i. To make notes or comments; Ð with on or upon.
An·noÏta¶tion (?), n. [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; Ð usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
An·noÏta¶tionÏist, n. An annotator. [R.]
An¶noÏtaÏtive (?), a. Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.
An¶noÏta·tor (?), n. [L.] A writer of annotations; a commentator.
AnÏno¶taÏtoÏry (?), a. Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]
An¶noÏtine (?), n. [L. annotinus a year old.] (Zo”l.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.
AnÏnot¶iÏnous (?), a. [L. annotinus, fr. annus year.] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths.
AnÏnot¶to (?), ArÏnot¶to (?), n. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowishÐred dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]
AnÏnounce¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing (?).] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]
1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced trough the country a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
Gilpin.
2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
Publish laws, announce
Or life or death.
Prior.
Syn. - To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. Ð To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
AnÏnounce¶ment (?), n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
AnÏnoun¶cer (?), n. One who announces.
AnÏnoy¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annoyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Annoying.] [OE. anoien, anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui, enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See Annoy,

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n.] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy
Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?
Prior.
2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Syn. - To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.
AnÏnoy¶ (?), n. [OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.). See Ennui, Odium, Noisome, Noy.] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislike; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy.
Shak.
AnÏnoy¶ance (?), n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers.
Fuller.
For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, ? would throw into it dead bodies.
Wilkins.
2. That which annoys.
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any annoyance in that precious sense.
Shak.
AnÏnoy¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, annoys.
AnÏnoy¶ful (?), a. Annoying. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
AnÏnoy¶ing, a. That annoys; molesting; vexatious. Ð AnÏnoy¶ingÏly, adv.
AnÏnoy¶ous (?), a. [OF. enuius, anoios.] Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
An¶nuÏal (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.] 1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].
Ray.
2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
A thousand pound a year, annual support.
Shak.
2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets.
Bacon.
An¶nuÏal, n. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an ~ plant.
Oaths… in some sense almost annuals;… and I myself can remember about forty different sets.
Swift.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.
An¶nuÏalÏist, n. One who writers for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]
An¶nuÏalÏly, adv. Yearly; year by year.
An¶nuÏaÏry (?), a. [Cf. F. annuaire.] Annual. [Obs.] Ð n. A yearbook.
An¶nuÏelÏer (?), n. A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
An¶nuÏent (?), a. [L. annuens, p. pr. of annuere; ad + nuere to nod.] Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).
AnÏnu¶iÏtant (?), n. [See Annuity.] One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.
Lamb.
AnÏnu¶iÏty (?), n.; pl. Annuities (?). [LL. annuitas, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annuit‚.] A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
AnÏnul¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct.
And all her various objects of delight
Annulled.
Milton.
2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; Ð used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties?
Burke.
Syn. - To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.
An¶nuÏlar (?), a. [L. annularis, fr. annulis ring: cf. F. annulaire.] 1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ringÐshaped; as, annular fibers.
2. Banded or marked with circles.
÷ eclipse (Astron.), an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.
An·nuÏlar¶iÏty (?), n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula.
J. Rogers.
An¶nuÏlarÏry, adv. In an annular manner.
An¶nuÏlaÏry (?), a. [L. annularis. See Annular.] Having the form of a ring; annular.
Ray.
Ø An·nuÏla¶ta (?), n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. L. annulatus ringed.] (Zo”l.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.
An¶nuÏlate (?), n. (Zo”l.) One of the Annulata.
{ An¶nuÏlate , An¶nuÏla·ted (?) } a. [L. annulatus.] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.
2. (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.
An·nuÏla¶tion (?), n. A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt.
Nicholson.
An¶nuÏlet (?), n. [Dim. of annulus.] 1. A little ring.
Tennyson.
2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.
3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.
4. (Zo”l.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.
AnÏnul¶laÏble (?), a. That may be Annulled.
AnÏnul¶ler (?), n. One who annulus. [R.]
AnÏnul¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. annulement.] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
An¶nuÏloid (?), a.ÿ(Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.
Ø An·nuÏloid¶a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. annulus ring + Ïoid.] (Zo”l.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allie? groups; sometimes made to include also the helmint?s and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]
Ø An¶nuÏlo¶sa (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zo”logists it is applied to the former only.
An·nuÏlo¶san (?), n. (Zo”l.) One of the Annulosa.
An¶nuÏlose· (?; 277), a. [L. annulus ring.] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.
2. (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.
Ø An¶nuÏlus (?), n.; pl. Annuli (?). [L.] 1. A ring; a ringlike part or space.
2. (Geom.) (a) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. (b) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.
3.ÿ(Zo”l.) RingÐshaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.
AnÏnu¶merÏate (?), v. t. [L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See Numerate.] To add on; to count in. [Obs.]
Wollaston.
AnÏnu·merÏa¶tion (?), n. [L. annumeratio.] Addition to a former number. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
AnÏnun¶ciÏaÏble (?), a. That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]
AnÏnun¶ciÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annunciating.] [L. annuntiare. See Announce.] To announce.
AnÏnun¶ciÏate (?), p. p. & a. Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
AnÏnun·ciÏa¶tion (?; 277), n. [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.] 1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.
AnÏnun¶ciÏaÏtive (?), a. Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.]
Dr. H. More.
An nun¶ciÏa·tor (?), n. [L. annuntiator.] 1. One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
2. An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
AnÏnun¶ciÏaÏtoÏry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]
Ø AÏnoa¶ (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.
An¶ode (?), n. [Gr. ? up + ? way.] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; Ð opposed to cathode.
Ø An¶oÏdon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? toothless; ? priv. + ?, ?, a tooth.] (Zo”l.) A genus of freshÐwater bivalves, having to teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]
An¶oÏdyne (?), a. [L. anodynus, Gr. ? free from pain, stilling pain; ? priv. + ? pain: cf. F. anodin.] Serving to assuage pain; soothing.
The anodyne draught of oblivion.
Burke.
µ ½The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce.¸
Am. Cyc.
An¶oÏdyne, n. [L. anodyon. See Anodyne, a.] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.
An¶oÏdy·nous (?), a. Anodyne.
AÏnoil¶ (?), v. t. [OF. enoilier.] The anoint with oil. [Obs.]
Holinshed.
AÏnoint¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anointing.] [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent.] 1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint.
Dryden.

He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
John ix. 6.
2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him.
Exod. xxix. 7.
Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kings xix. 15.
The Lord¶s Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by ½divine right.¸
1 Sam. xxvi. 9.
AÏnoint¶, p. p. Anointed. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
AÏnoit¶er (?), n. One who anoints.
AÏnoint¶ment (?), n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment.
Milton.
Ø AÏno¶lis (?), n. [In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a lizard.] (Zo”l.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanid‘. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.
AÏnom¶al (?), n. Anything anomalous. [R.]
{ AÏnom¶aÏliÏped (?)(?), AÏnom¶aÏliÏpede (?), } a. [L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot.] Having anomalous feet.
AÏnom¶aÏliÏped, n. (Zo”l.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.
AÏnom¶aÏlism (?), n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule.
Hooker.
{ AÏnom·aÏlis¶tic (?), AÏnom·aÏlis¶ticÏal (?), } a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.
Anomalistic month. See under Month. Ð Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. Ð Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.
AÏnom·aÏlis¶ticÏalÏly, adv. With irregularity.
AÏnom·aÏloÏflo¶rous (?), a. [L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)ÿHaving anomalous flowers.
AÏnom¶aÏlous (?), a [L. anomalus, Gr. ? uneven, irregular; ? priv. + ? even, ? same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal.] Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalousproceeding.
AÏnom¶aÏlousÏly, adv. In an anomalous manner.
AÏnom¶aÏlousÏness, n. Quality of being anomalous.
AÏnom¶aÏly (?), n.; pl. Anomalies (?). [L. anomalia, Gr. ?. See Anomalous.] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men.
Burke.
As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can no fly.
Darwin.
2. (Astron.) (a) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true ~. The eccentric ~ is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean ~ is what the ~ would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Ø AÏno¶miÏa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? irregular; ? priv. + ? law.] (Zo”l.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.
An·oÏmoph¶ylÏlous (?), a. [Gr. ? irregular + ? leaf.] (Bot.) Having leaves irregularly placed.
{ Ø An·oÏmu¶ra (?), Ø An·oÏmou¶ra (?), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? lawless + ? tail.] (Zo”l.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.
{ An·oÏmu¶ral (?), An·oÏmu¶ran (?), } a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural, anomouran.]
An·oÏmu¶ran, n. (Zo”l.) One of the Anomura.
An¶oÏmy (?), n. [Gr. ?. See Anomia.] Disregard or violation of law. [R.]
Glanvill.
AÏnon¶ (?), adv. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + ¾n one. See On and One.] 1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.]
The same is he that heareth the word, and ~anon with joy receiveth it.
Matt. xiii. 20.
2. Soon; in a little while.
As it shall better appear anon.
St??.
3. At another time; then; again.
Sometimes he trots,… anon he rears upright.
Shak.
÷ right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. Ð Ev?? and ~, now and then; frequently; often.
A pouncet box, which ever and anon
He gave his nose.
Shak.
Ø AÏno¶na , n. [NL. Cf. Ananas.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonace‘, including the soursop.
An·oÏna¶ceous , a. Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.
An¶oÏnym (?), n. [F. anonyme. See Anonymous.] 1. One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for ½pseudonym.¸
2. A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [R.]
J. R. Seeley.
An·oÏnym¶iÏty , n. The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.]
He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity.
Carlyle.
AÏnon¶yÏmous , a. [Gr. ? without name; ? priv. + ?, Eol. for ? name. See Name.] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown

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or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; on anonymous pamphlet or letter.
AÏnon¶yÏmousÏly (?), adv. In an anonymous manner; without a name.
Swift.
AÏnon¶yÏmousÏness, n. The state or quality of being anonymous.
Coleridge.
An¶oÏphyte (?), n. [Gr. ? upward (fr. ? up) + ? a plant, ? to grow.] (Bot.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
Ø An¶oÏpla (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? unarmed.] (Zo”l.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.
AnÏop¶loÏthere (?), Ø An·oÏploÏthe¶riÏum (?), n. [From Gr. ? unarmed (? priv. + ? an implement, weapon) + ? beast.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).
Ø An·oÏplu¶ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? weapon, sting + ? tail.] (Zo”l.) A group of insects which includes the lice.
Ø AÏnop¶siÏa (?), An¶op·sy (?), } a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? sight.] (Med.) Want or defect of sight; blindness.
Ø An·oÏrex¶iÏa (?), An¶oÏrex·y (?) } n. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? desire, appetite, ? desire.] (Med.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food.
Coxe.
AÏnor¶mal (?), a. [F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal.] Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]
AÏnorn (?), v. t. [OF. a”rner, a”urner, fr. L. adornare to adorn. The form aÐourne was corrupted into anourne.] To adorn. [Obs.]
Bp. Watson.
AÏnor¶thic (?), a. [See Anorthite.] (Min.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
AÏnor¶thite (?), n. [Gr. ? priv. + ? straight (? sc. ? right angle); not in a right angle.] A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
AÏnor¶thoÏscope (?), n. [Gr. ? priv. + ? straight + Ïscope.] (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
Ø AÏnos¶miÏa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? smell.] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell.
AnÏoth¶er (?), pron. & a. [An a, one + other.] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
Another yet! Ð a seventh! I 'll see no more.
Shak.
Would serve to scale another Hero's tower.
Shak.
2. Not the same; different.
He winks, and turns his lips another way.
Shak.
3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.
Prov. xxvii. 2.
While I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
John v. 7.
µ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, ½love one another,¸ that is, let each love the other or others. ½These two imparadised in one another's arms.¸
Milton.
AnÏoth¶erÐgaines· (?), a. [Corrupted fr. anotherÐgates.] Of another kind. [Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
AnÏoth¶erÐgates· (?), a. [Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates.] Of another sort. [Obs.] ½AnotherÐgates adventure.¸
Hudibras.
AnÏoth¶erÐguess (?), a. [Corrupted fr. anotherÐgates.] Of another sort. [Archaic]
It used to go in anotherÐguess manner.
Arbuthnot.
AÏnot¶ta (?), n. See Annotto.
AnÏou¶ra (?; 277), n. See Anura.
AnÏou¶rous (?), a. See Anurous.
Ø An¶sa (?), n.; pl. Ans‘ (?). [L., a handle.] (Astron.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.
An¶saÏted (?), a. [L. ansatus, fr. ansa a handle.] Having a handle.
Johnson.
An¶serÏa·ted (?), a. (Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.
Ø An¶seÏres (?), n. pl. [L., geese.] (Zo”l.) A Linn‘an order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
Ø An·seÏriÏfor¶mes (?), n. pl. (Zo”l.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
An¶serÏine (?), a [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
2. (Zo”l.) Pertaining to the Anseres.
An¶serÏous (?), a. [L. anser a goose.] Resembling a goose; silly; simple.
Sydney Smith.
An¶swer (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Answered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Answering.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to ~, fr. andswaru, n., ~. See Answer, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
She answers him as if she knew his mind.
Shak.
So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: …
And him thus answered soon his bold compeer.
Milton.

3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. Macaulay. 4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence: (a) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king… studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. Shak. (b) To render account to or for. I will… send him to answer thee. Shak. (c) To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath C‘zar answered it. Shak. (d) To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin. (e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.] Money answereth all things. Eccles. x. 19. (f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. Swift. An¶swer, v. i. 1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response. There was no voice, nor any that answered. 1 Kings xviii. 26. 2. To make a satisfactory response or return. Hence: To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care. Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. Shak. 3. To be or act in return. Hence: (a) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand? Dryden. (b) To be opposite, or to act in opposition. (c) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer. (d) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; Ð usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro?. xxvii. 19. An¶swer, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. ?, ?. See AntiÏ, and Swear, and cf. 1st unÏ.] 1. A reply to a change; a defense. At my first answer no man stood with me. 2 Tim. iv. 16. 2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer. Cant. v. 6. 3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. Shak. 4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem. 5. (Law) A counterÐstatement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. Bouvier. Syn. - Reply; rejoinder; response. See Reply. An¶swerÏaÏble (?), a. 1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that… he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? Swift. 2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson. 3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? Holland. This revelation… was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton. 4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. 5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. Milton. An¶swerÏaÏbleÏness, n. The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent. An¶swerÏaÏbly (?), adv. In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably. An¶swerÏer (?), n. One who answers. An¶swerÏless (?), a. Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron. An 't (?). An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj. [Obs.] An't (?). A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; Ð now usually written ain't. [Colloq. & illiterate speech.] AntÏ. See AntiÏ, prefix. Ïant. [F. Ïant, fr. L. Ïantem or Ïentem, the pr. p. ending; also sometimes directly from L. Ïantem.] A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. Ïent. Ant (?), n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. ‘mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. Emmet.] (Zo”l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn‘an genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. µ Among ants, as among bees, there are neuter or working ants, besides the males and females; the former are without wings. Ants live together in swarms, usually raising hillocks of earth, variously chambered within, where they maintain a perfect system of order, store their provisions, and nurture their young. There are many species, with diverse habits, as agricultural ants, carpenter ants, honey ants, foraging ants, amazon ants, etc. The white ants or Termites belong to the Neuroptera. ÷ bird (Zo”l.), one of a very extensive group of South American birds (Formicariid‘), which live on ants. The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens. Ð ÷ rice (Bot.), a species of grass (Aristida oligantha) cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed. Ø An¶ta (?), n.; pl. Ant‘ (?). [L.] (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. µ Porches, when columns stand between to, ant‘, are called in Latin in antis. AntÏac¶id (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + acid.] (Med.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. Ð a. Counteractive of acidity. AntÏac¶rid (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + acrid.] Corrective of acrimony of the humors. AnÏt‘¶an (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to Ant‘us, a giant athlete slain by Hercules. AnÏtag¶oÏnism (?), n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to struggle against; ? against + ? to contend or struggle, ? contest: cf. F. antagonisme. See Agony.] Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. µ We speak of antagonism between two things, to or against a thing, and sometimes with a thing. AnÏtag¶oÏnist (?), n. [L. antagonista, Gr. ?; ? against + ? combatant, champion, fr. ?: cf. F. antagoniste. See Antagonism.] 1. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker. 2. (Anat.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it. 3. (Med.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues. Syn. - Adversary; enemy; opponent; toe; competitor. See Adversary. AnÏtag¶oÏnist, a. Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy. AnÏtag·oÏnis¶tic (?), AnÏtag·oÏnis¶ticÏal (?), } a. Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. Ð AnÏtag·oÏnis¶ticÏalÏly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman. AnÏtag¶oÏnize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Antagonozing.] [Gr. ?. See Antagonism.] To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract. AnÏtag¶oÏnize, v. i. To act in opposition. AnÏtag¶oÏny (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? contest: cf. F. (16th century) antagonie. See Antagonism.] Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton. AnÏtal¶gic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? pain: cf. F. antalgique.] (Med.) Alleviating pain. Ð n. A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne. [R.] AnÏal¶kaÏli (?; 277), AntÏal¶kaÏline (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + alkali.] Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hooper. AntÏal¶kaÏline, a. Of power to counteract alkalies.

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AntÏam·buÏla¶cral (?), a. (Zo”l.) Away from the ambulacral region.
Ø Ant·anÏaÏcla¶sis (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.
Ø Ant·anÏaÏgo¶ge (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + anagoge.] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.
Ant·aphÏroÏdis¶iÏac (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + aphrodisiac.] (Med.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. Ð n. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
Ant·aphÏroÏdit¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique.] (Med.)
1. Antaphrodisiac.
2. Antisyphilitic. [R.]
Ant·aphÏroÏdit¶ic, n. An ~ medicine.
Ant·apÏoÏplec¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + apoplectic.] (Med.) Good against apoplexy. Ð n. A medicine used against apoplexy.
AntÏar¶chism (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? government.] Opposition to government in general. [R.]
AntÏar¶chist (?), n. One who opposes all government. [R.]
Ant·arÏchis¶tic (?), Ant·arÏchis¶ticÏal (?), } a. Opposed to all human government. [R.]
AntÏarc¶tic (?), a. [OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. ?; ? + ? bear. See Arctic.] Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 230 28?. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
Ø AnÏta¶res (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? similar to + ? Mars. It was thought to resemble Mars in color.] The principal star in Scorpio: Ð called also the Scorpion's Heart.
Ant·arÏthrit¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + arthritic.] (Med.) Counteracting or alleviating gout. Ð n. A remedy against gout.
Ant·asthÏmat¶ic (?; see Asthma; 277), a. [Pref. antiÏ + asthmatic.] (Med.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. Ð n. A remedy for asthma.
Ant¶Ðbear· (?), n. (Zo”l.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
Ant¶ bird (?), (Zo”l.) See Ant bird, under Ant, n.
Ant¶Ðcat·tle (?), n. pl. (Zo”l.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.
An¶teÏ (?). A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. anti, Goth. andÏ, andaÏ (only in comp.), AS. andÏ, ondÏ, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. antÏ, entÏ (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. ? in that of opposite, or in the place of.
An¶te, n. (Poker Playing) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
An¶te, v. t. & i. To put up (an ante).
An¶teÏact· (?), n. A preceding act.
An¶teÏal (?), a. [L. antea, ante, before. Cf. Ancient.] Being before, or in front. [R.]
J. Fleming.
Ant¶Ðeat·er (?), n. (Zo”l.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See AntÐbear, Pangolin, AardÏvark, and Echidna.
An·teÏceÏda¶neÏous (?), a. [See Antecede.] Antecedent; preceding in time. ½Capable of antecedaneous.¸
Barrow.
An·teÏcede¶ (?), v. t. & i. [L. antecedere; ante + cedere to go. See Cede.] To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
Sir M. Hale.
An·teÏced¶ence (?), n. 1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
H. Spenser.
2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
An·teÏced¶enÏ?y (?), n. The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Fothherby.
An·teÏced¶ent (?), a. [L. antecedens, Ïentis, p. pr. of antecedere: cf. F. ant‚c‚dent.] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
Syn. - Prior; previous; foregoing.
An·teÏced¶ent, n. [Cf. F. ant‚c‚dent.] 1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
South.
The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents.
Max Miller.
2. One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.]
My antecedent, or my gentleman usher.
Massinger.
3. pl. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
J. H. Newman.
If the troops… prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours.
Gen. G. McClellan.
4. (Gram.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence ½Solomon was the prince who built the temple,¸ prince is the antecedent of who.
5. (Logic) (a) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. (b) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
6. (Math.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a : b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
An·teÏced¶entÏly (?), adv. Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.
Barrow.
An·teÏces¶sor (?)(?), n. [L., fr. antecedere, antecessum. See Antecede, Ancestor.] 1. One who goes before; a predecessor.
The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices.
Sir E. Sandys.
2. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]
An¶teÏcham·ber (?), n. [Cf. F. antichambre.] 1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal.
Todd & Bowman.
An¶teÏchap·el (?), n. The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.
Shipley.
AnÏte¶cians (?), n. pl. See Ant?cians.
An·teÏcomÏmun¶ion (?), n. A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
An·teÏcur¶sor (?), n. [L., fr. antecurrere to run before; ante + currere to run.] A forerunner; a precursor. [Obs.]
An¶teÏdate· (?), n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. Anticipation. [Obs.]
Donne.
An¶teÏdate· (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr. & vb. n. Antedating.] 1. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
2. To precede in time.
3. To anticipate; to make before the true time.
And antedate the bliss above.
Pope.
Who rather rose the day to antedate.
Wordsworth.
An·teÏdiÏlu¶viÏal (?), a. [Pref. anteÏ + diluvial.] Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.
An·teÏdiÏlu¶viÏan (?), a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. Ð n. One who lived before the Deluge.
An¶teÏfact· (?), n. Something done before another act. [Obs.]
An¶teÏfix· (?), n.; pl. E. Antefixes (?); L. Antefixa (?). [L. ante + fixus fixed.] (Arch.) (a) An ornament fixed upon a frieze. (b) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof. (c) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.
An·teÏflex¶ion (?), n. (Med.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself.
T. G. Thomas.
Ant¶ egg· (?). One of the small white eggÐshaped pup‘ or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about antÐhills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.
An¶teÏlope (?), n. [OF. antelop, F. antilope, fro Gr. ?, ?, Eustathius, ½Hexa‰m.,¸ p. 36, the origin of which is unknown.] (Zo”l.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.
The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell.
Spenser.
µ The common or bezoar ~ of India is Antilope bezoartica. The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the addax, and the eland are other species. See Gazelle. The pronghorn ~ (Antilocapra Americana) is found in the Rocky Mountains. See Pronghorn.
An·teÏlu¶can (?), a. [L. antelucanus; ante + lux light.] Held or being before light; Ð a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. ½Antelucan worship.¸
De Quincey.
An·teÏmeÏrid¶iÏan (?), a. [L. antemeridianus; ante + meridianus belonging to midday or noon. See Meridian.] Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)
Ant·eÏmet¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + emetic.] (Med.) Tending to check vomiting. Ð n. A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
An·teÏmoÏsa¶ic (?), a. Being before the time of Moses.
An·teÏmun¶dane (?), a. Being or occurring before the creation of the world.
Young.
An·teÏmu¶ral (?), n. [L. antemurale: ante + murus wall. See Mural.] An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
An·teÏna¶tal (?), a. Before birth.
Shelley.
An·teÏni¶cene (?), a. [L.] Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.
AnÏten¶na (?), n.; pl. Antenn‘ (?). [L. antenna sailÐyard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.] (Zo”l.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
AnÏten¶nal (?), a. (Zo”l.) Belonging to the antenn‘.
Owen.
An·tenÏnif¶erÏous (?), a. [Antenna + Ïferous.] (Zo”l.) Bearing or having antenn‘.
AnÏten¶niÏform (?), a. [Antenna + Ïform.] Shaped like antenn‘.
AnÏten¶nule (?), n. [Dim. of antenna.] (Zo”l.) A small antenna; Ð applied to the smaller pair of antenn‘ or feelers of Crustacea.
An·teÏnum¶ber (?), n. A number that precedes another. [R.]
Bacon.
An·teÏnup¶tial (?), a. Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement.
Kent.
An·teÏor¶bitÏal (?), a. & n. (Anat.) Same as Antorbital.
An·teÏpas¶chal (?), a. Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
An¶teÏpast (?), n. [Pref. anteÏ + L. pastus pasture, food. Cf. Repast.] A foretaste.
Antepasts of joy and comforts.
Jer. Taylor.
Ø An·teÏpen¶diÏum (?), n. [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang.] (Eccl.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
Smollett.
An·teÏpe¶nult (?), Ø An·teÏpeÏnult¶iÏma (?), } n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as Ïsyl in monosyllable.
An·teÏpeÏnult¶iÏmate (?), a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. Ð n. The antepenult.
Ant·ephÏiÏal¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? nightmare.] (Med.) Good against nightmare. Ð n. A remedy nightmare.
Dunglison.
Ant·epÏiÏlep¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + epileptic.] (Med.) Good against epilepsy. Ð n. A medicine for epilepsy.
An¶teÏpone (?), v. t. [L. anteponere.] To put before; to prefer. [Obs.]
Bailey.
An¶teÏport (?), n. [Cf. LL. anteporta.] An outer port, gate, or door.
An·teÏpor¶tiÏco (?), n. An outer porch or vestibule.
An·teÏpoÏsi¶tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. antepositio. See Position.] (Gram.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
An·teÏpran¶diÏal (?), a. Preceding dinner.
An·teÏpreÏdic¶aÏment (?), n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.
Chambers.
AnÏte¶riÏor (?), a. [L. anterior, comp. of ante before.] 1. Before in time; antecedent.
Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius.
Sir G. C. Lewis.
2. Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; Ð opposed to posterior.
µ In comparative anatomy, anterior often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy it is often used for ventral.
Syn. - Antecedent; previous; precedent; preceding; former; foregoing.
AnÏte·riÏor¶iÏty (?), n. [LL. anterioritas.] The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
Pope.
AnÏter¶riÏorÏly (?), adv. In an anterior manner; before.
An¶teÏroom (?), n. A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
An¶teÏroÐ (?). A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, anteroÐposterior, front and back; anteroÐlateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
An¶tes (?), n. pl. Ant‘. See Anta.
An·teÏstat¶ure (?), n. (Fort.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.
An¶teÏstom·ach (?), n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds.
Ray.
An¶teÏtem·ple (?), n. The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
An·teÏver¶sion (?), n. [Pref. anteÏ + L. vertere, versum, to turn.] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.
An·teÏvert¶ (?), v. t. [L. antevertere; ante + vertere to turn.] 1. To prevent. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
2. (Med.) To displace by anteversion.
AntÏhel¶ion (?; 277, 106), n.; pl. Anthelia (?). [Pref. anti + Gr. ? sun.] (Meteor.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.

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Ant¶heÏlix (?), n. (Anat.) Same as Antihelix.
An¶thelÏmin¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ?, ?, worm, esp. a tapeworm, or mawworm..] (Med.) Good against intestinal worms. Ð n. An anthelmintic remedy. [Written also anthelmintic.]
An¶them (?), n. [OE. antym, antefne, AS. antefen, fr. LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. ?, neut. pl. of ? antiphon, or anthem, n. neut., from ? sounding contrary, returning a sound; ? over against + ? sound, voice: the anthem being sung by the choristers alternately, one halfÐchoir answering the other: cf. OF. anthaine, anteine, antieune, F. antienne. See Antiphon.] 1. Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.
2. A song or hymn of praise.
Milton.
An¶them, v. t. To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.]
Sweet birds antheming the morn.
Keats.
Ø AnÏthe¶miÏon (?), [NL., fr. Gr. ? flower.] A floral ornament. See Palmette.
Ø An¶theÏmis (?), n. [Gr. ?, equiv. to ? flower; an herb like our chamomile.] (Bot.) Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
An¶themÏwise· (?), adv. Alternately. [Obs.]
Bacon.
An¶ther (?), n. [F. anthŠre, L. anthera a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. ? flowery, fr. ? to bloom, ? flower.] (Bot.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. Ð An¶therÏal (?), a.
Ø An·therÏid¶iÏum (?), n.; pl. Antheridia (?). [Anther + ? (a Gr. diminutive ending).] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; Ð called also spermary. Ð An·therÏid¶iÏal (?), a.
An·therÏif¶erÏous (?), a. [Anther + Ïferous.] (Bot.) (a) Producing anthers, as plants. (b) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower.
Gray.
AnÏther¶iÏform (?), a. [Anther + Ïform.] Shaped like an anther; antherÐshaped.
An·therÏog¶eÏnous (?), a. [Anther + Ïgenous.] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.
An¶therÏoid (?), a. [Anther + Ïoid.] Resembling an anther.
An·therÏoÏzoid (?), An·therÏoÏzoo¶id (?), } n. [Gr. ? flowery + ? animal + Ïoid. See Zooid.] (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptograms.
Ø AnÏthe¶sis (?), n. [Gr. ? bloom, fr. ? to bloom, ? flower.] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
Gray.
Ant¶Ðhill (?), n. (Zo”l.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
AnÏtho¶biÏan (?), n. [Gr. ? flower + ? life.] (Zo”l.) A beetle which feeds on flowers.
Ø An·thoÏbran¶chiÏa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? flower + ? gills, n. pl.] (Zo”l.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.
An·thoÏcar¶pous (?), a. [Gr. ? flower + ? fruit.] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
An·thoÏcy¶aÏnin (?), n. Same as Anthokyan.
Ø AnÏtho¶diÏum (?), n. [NL., from Gr. ? like flowers, flowery; ? flower + ? form.] (Bot.) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.
AnÏtho¶raÏphy (?), n. [Gr. ? flower + Ïgraphy.] A description of flowers.
An¶thoid (?), a. [Gr. ? flower + Ïoid.] Resembling a flower; flowerlike.
An·thoÏky¶an (?), n. [Gr. ? flower + ? blue.] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
An¶thoÏlite (?), n. [Gr. ? flower + Ïlite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.
An·thoÏlog¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.
He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms… in this terrestrial globe.
Wood.
AnÏthol¶oÏgist (?), n. One who compiles an anthology.
AnÏthol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? flower gathering; ? flower + ? to gather.] 1. A discourses on flowers. [R.]
2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]
3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; Ð particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.
4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
An·thoÏma¶niÏa (?), n. [Gr. ? flower ? madness.] A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]
An¶thoÏny's Fire· (?). See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.
AnÏthoph¶aÏgous (?), a. [Gr. ? flower + ? to eat.] (Zo”l.) Eating flowers; Ð said of certain insects.
An¶thoÏphore (?), n. [Gr. ? bearing flowers; ? flower + ? bearing, ? to bear.] (Bot.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family.
Gray.
AnÏtoph¶oÏrous (?), a. Flower bearing; supporting the flower.
AnÏthoph¶ylÏlite (?), n. [NL. anthophyllum clove.] A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. Ð An·thoÏphylÏlit¶ic (?), a.
An¶thoÏrism (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? + ? to bound, define.] (Rhet.) A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party. [R.]
An¶thoÏtax·y (?), n. [Gr. ? flower + ? order.] (Bot.) The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.
Ø An·thoÏzo¶a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? flower + ? animal.] (Zo”l.) The class of the C?lenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
An·thoÏzo¶an (?), a. (Zo”l.) Pertaining to the Anthozoa. Ð n. One of the Anthozoa.
An¶thoÏzo¶ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.
An¶thraÏcene (?), n. [Gr. ? coal.] (Chem.) A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written also anthracin.]
AnÏthrac¶ic (?), a. Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.
An·thraÏcif¶erÏous (?), a. [Gr. ? coal + Ïferous.] (Min.) Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.
An¶thraÏcite (?), n. [L. anthracites a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. ? like coals, fr. ?, ?, coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax.] A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.
An¶thraÏcit¶ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.
An¶thraÏcoid (?), a. [Anthrax + Ïoid.] (Biol.) Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.
An¶thraÏcoÏman·cy (?), n. [Gr. ?, ?, coal + Ïmancy.] Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
An·thraÏcom¶eÏter (?), n. [Gr. ? coal, carbon + Ïmeter.] An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.
An·thraÏcoÏmet¶ric (?), a. Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.
AnÏthra¶oÏnite (?), n. [See Anthracite.] (Min.) A coalÐblack marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; Ð called also stinkstone and swinestone.
An·thraÏqui¶none (?), n. [Anthracene + quinone.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needless. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
An¶thrax (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ? coal, carbuncle.] 1. (Med.) (a) A carbuncle. (b) A malignant pustule.
2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]
3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rodÐshaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.
Ø AnÏthre¶nus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a hornet.] (Zo”l.) A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common ½museum pest¸ is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulari‘. The larv‘ are commonly confounded with moths.
AnÏthrop¶ic (?), AnÏthrop¶icÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? man.] (Zo”l.) Like or related to man; human. [R.]
Owen.
Ø AnÏthrop¶Ïd‘ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? man.] (Zo”l.) The group that includes man only.
An·throÏpoÏcen¶tric (?), a. [Gr. ? man + ? center.] Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; Ð applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.
Draper.
An·throÏpoÏgen¶ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
An·throÏpog¶eÏny (?), n. [Gr. ? man + ? birth.] The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man.
AnÏthrop¶oÏglot (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? man + ?, ?, tongue.] (Zo”l.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.
An·throÏpog¶raÏphy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïgraphy.] That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.
P. Cyc.
An¶throÏpoid (?), a. [Gr. ? man + Ïoid.] Resembling man; Ð applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. Ð n. An ~ ape.
An·throÏpoid¶al (?), a. Anthropoid.
Ø An·throÏpoid¶eÏa (?), n. pl. [NL. See Anthropoid.] (Zo”l.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.
An·throÏpol¶aÏtry (?), n. [Gr. ? man + ? worship.] Man worship.
AnÏthrop¶oÏlite (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïlite.] (Paleon.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
An·throÏpoÏlog¶ic (?), An·throÏpoÏlog¶icÏal (?), } a. Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. ½Anthropologic wisdom.¸ Kingsley. Ð An·throÏpoÏlog¶icÏalÏly, adv.
An·throÏpol¶oÏgist (?), n. One who is versed in anthropology.
An·throÏpol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïlogy.] 1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body.
2. The science of man; Ð sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.
3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.
An¶throÏpoÏman·cy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïmancy.] Divination by the entrails of human being.
An·throÏpoÏmet¶ric (?), An·throÏpoÏmet¶ricÏal (?), } a. Pertaining to anthropometry.
An·throÏpom¶eÏtry (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïmercy.] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc.
Dunglison.
Ø An·throÏpoÏmor¶pha (?), n. pl. [NL. See Anthropomorphism.] (Zo”l.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phic (?), a. Of or pertaining to anthromorphism. Hadley. Ð An·throÏpoÏmor¶phicÏalÏly (?), adv.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phism (?), n. [Gr. ? of human form; ? man + ? form.] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.
2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phist (?), n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phite (?), n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.
An·throÏpoÏmorÏphit¶ic (?), a. (Biol.) to anthropomorphism.
Kitto.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phiÏtism (?), n. Anthropomorphism.
Wordsworth.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phize (?), v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to.
You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing.
Lowell.
An·throÏpoÏmorÏphol¶oÏgy (?), n. [Gr. ? + Ïlogy. See Anthropomorphism.] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phoÏsis (?), n. Transformation into the form of a human being.
An·throÏpoÏmor¶phous (?), a.ÿHaving the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthromorphous plant. ½Anthromorphous apes.¸
Darwin.
An·throÏpoÏpath¶ic (?), An·throÏpoÏpath¶icÏal (?), } a. Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] Ð An·throÏpoÏpath¶icÏalÏly, adv.
The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening.
H. Rogers.
An·throÏpop¶aÏthism (?), An·throÏpop¶aÏthy (?), } n. [Gr. ?; ? man + ? suffering, affection, passion, ?, ?, to suffer.] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.
In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy.
Hare.
Ø An·throÏpoph¶aÏgi (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? eating men; ? man + + ? to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals.
Shak.
An·throÏpoÏphag¶ic (?), An·throÏpoÏphag¶icÏal (?), } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.
An·throÏpoph·aÏgin¶iÏan (?), n. One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous]
Shak.
An·throÏpoph¶aÏgite (?), n. A cannibal.
W. Taylor.
An·throÏpoph¶aÏgous (?), a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
An·throÏpoph¶aÏgy (?)(?), n. [Gr. ?.] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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An¶throÏpoph¶uÏism (?), n. [Gr. ? of man's nature; ? a man + ? nature.] Human nature. [R.]
Gladstone.
An·throÏpos¶coÏpy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïscopy.] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]
An·throÏpos¶oÏphy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + ? wisdom, knowledge.] Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.
An·throÏpoÏtom¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.
An·throÏpot¶oÏmist (?), n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.
An·throÏpot¶oÏmy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + ? a cutting.] The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
Owen.
Ant·hypÏnot¶ic (?). See Antihypnotic.
Ant·hypÏoÏchon¶driÏac (?), a. & n. See Antihypochondriac.
Ant·hysÏter¶ic (?), a. & n. See Antihysteric.
An¶ti (?). [Gr. ? against. See Ante.] A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; Ð used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to antÏ; as, antacid, antarctic.
Ø An¶tiÏ‘ (?), n. pl. [L., forelock.] (Zo”l.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
An·tiÏalÏbu¶mid (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Ïalbumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.
An·tiÏal¶buÏmose· (?), n. (Physiol.) See Albumose.
An·tiÐAÏmer¶iÏcan (?), a. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.
Marshall.
An·tiÏaph·roÏdis¶iÏac (?), a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac.
An·tiÏap·oÏplec¶tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic.
An¶tiÏar (?), n. [Jav. antjar.] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
An·tiÏaÏrin (?), n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.
Watts.
An·tiÏasthÏmat¶ic (?), a. & n. Same as Antasthmatic.
An·tiÏatÏtri¶tion (?), n. Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.
Ø An·tiÏbacÏchi¶us (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ? + ?. See Bacchius.] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (?).
An·tiÏbil¶lous (?), a. Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
An·tiÏbranch¶iÏal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.
Ø An·tiÏbrach¶iÏum (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.
An·tiÏbro¶mic (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? a stink.] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.
An·tiÏburgh¶er (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.
An¶tic (?), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.] 1. Old; antique. (Zo”l.) ½Lords of antic fame.¸
Phaer.
2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
The antic postures of a merryÐandrew.
Addison.
The Saxons… worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape.
Fuller.
An¶tic, n. 1. A buffoon or merryÏandrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure.
Woven with antics and wild imagery.
Spenser.
3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
And fraught with antics as the Indian bird
That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage.
Wordsworth.
4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.]
5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.]
Performed by knights and ladies of his court
In nature of an antic.
Ford.
An¶tic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked (?), Antickt.] To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.]
Shak.
An¶tic, v. i. To perform antics.
An·tiÏcaÏtarrh·al (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. Ð n. An anticatarrhal remedy.
An·tiÏcath¶ode (?), n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.
An·tiÏcauÏsod¶ic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic.
An·tiÏcauÏsot¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? fever, ? to burn.] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. Ð n. A remedy for such a fever.
An¶tiÏcham·ber, n. [Obs.] See Antechamber.
An¶tiÏchlor (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + chlorine.] (Chem.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
An¶tiÏchrist (?), n. [L. Antichristus, Gr. ?; ? against + ?.] A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.
An·tiÏchris¶tian (?; 106), a. Opposed to the Christian religion.
An·tiÏchris¶tianÏism (?), An·tiÏchrisÏtian¶iÏty (?), } n. Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
An·tiÏchris¶tianÏly (?), adv. In an antichristian manner.
An·tiÏchron¶icÏal (?), a. Deviating from the proper order of time. Ð An·tiÏchron¶icÏalÏly, adv.
AnÏtich¶roÏnism (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? against + ? time.] Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.]
Selden.
Ø AnÏtich¶thon (?), n.; pl. Antichthones (?). [Gr. ?; ? against + ? the earth.] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.
Grote.
2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.
Whewell.
AnÏtic¶iÏpant (?), a. [L. anticipans, p. pr. of anticipare.] Anticipating; expectant; Ð with of.
Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell.
Southey.
AnÏtic¶iÏpate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticipated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Anticipating (?).] [L. anticipatus, p. p. of anticipare to anticipate; ante + capere to make. See Capable.] 1. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose.
R. Hall.
He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace.
Macaulay.
2. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.
3. To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.
4. To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.
Syn. - To prevent; obviate; preclude; forestall; expect. Ð To Anticipate, Expect. These words, as here compared, agree in regarding some future event as about to take place. Expect is the stringer. It supposes some ground or reason in the mind for considering the event as likely to happen. Anticipate is, literally, to take beforehand, and here denotes simply to take into the mind as conception of the future. Hence, to say, ½I did not anticipate a refusal,¸ expresses something less definite and strong than to say, ½ did not expect it.¸ Still, anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged with expect in cases where the thought will allow.
Good with bad
Expect to hear; supernal grace contending
With sinfulness of men.
Milton.
I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.
Spectator.
Timid men were anticipating another civil war.
Macaulay.
AnÏtic·iÏpa¶tion (?), n. [L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation.] 1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
Shak.
2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.
The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.
Thodey.
3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.
Locke.
4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.
Syn. - Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.
AnÏtic¶iÏpaÏtive (?), a. Anticipating, or containing anticipation. ½Anticipative of the feast to come.¸ Cary. Ð AnÏtic¶iÏpaÏtiveÏly, adv.
AnÏtic¶iÏpa·tor (?), n. One who anticipates.
AnÏtic¶iÏpaÏtoÏry (?), a. Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
Owen.
Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be.
J. C. Shairp.
An·tiÏciv¶ic (?), n. Opposed to citizenship.
An·tiÏciv¶ism (?), n. Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.]
Carlyle.
An·tiÏclas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ = Gr. ? to break.] Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.
An·tiÏcli¶max (?), n. (Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; Ð the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example:
Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
LieutenantÏcolonel to the Earl ?? Mar.
An·tiÏcli¶nal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? to incline.] Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
÷ line, ÷ axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. Ð ÷ vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebr‘, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebr‘ are inclined.
An·tiÏcli¶nal, n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
Ø An·tiÏcliÏno¶riÏum (?), n.; pl. Anticlinoria (?). [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to incline + ? mountain.]] (Geol.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.
An¶ticÏly (?), adv. Oddly; grotesquely.
An¶ticÐmask· (?), n. An antimask.
B. Jonson.
An¶ticÏness, n. The quality of being antic.
Ford.
An·tiÏcon·stiÏtu¶tionÏal (?), a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.
An·tiÏconÏta¶gious (?), a. (Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion.
An·tiÏconÏvul¶sive (?), a. (Med.) Good against convulsions.
J. Floyer.
An¶tiÏcor (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + L. cor heart; cf. F. antic?ur.] (Far.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.
AnÏti¶cous (?), a. [L. anticus in front, foremost, fr. ante before.] (Bot.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
An¶tiÏcy·clone (?), n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. Ð An·tiÏcyÏclon¶ic (?), a. Ð An·tiÏcyÏclon¶icÏalÏly (?), adv.
An¶tiÏdo·tal (?)(?) a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. Ð An¶tiÏdo·talÏly, adv.
An¶tiÏdo·taÏry (?), a. Antidotal. Ð n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.
An¶tiÏdote (?), n. [L. antidotum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? given against; ? against + ? to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.] 1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; Ð used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.
2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.
An¶tiÏdote, v. t. 1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.
Nor could Alexander himself… antidote… the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins.
South.
2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote.
An·tiÏdot¶icÏal (?), a. Serving as an antidote. Ð An·tiÏdot¶icÏalÏly, adv.
AnÏtid¶roÏmous (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? a running.] (Bot.) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
An·tiÏdys·enÏter¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. Ð n. A medicine for dysentery.
An·tiÏeÏmet¶ic (?), a. ? n. (Med.) Same as Antemetic.
An·tiÏeph·iÏal¶tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antephialtic.
An·tiÏep·iÏlep¶tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antepileptic.
An·tiÏfe¶brile (?), a. & n. (Med.) Febrifuge.
An·tiÏfeb¶rine (?), n. (Med.) Acetanilide.
An·tiÐfed¶erÏalÏist (?), n. One of party opposed to a federative government; Ð applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States.
Pickering.
An·tiÏfric¶tion (?), n. Something to lesse? friction; antiattrition. Ð a. Tending to lessen friction.
An·tiÏgaÏlas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ?, ?, milk.] Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.
An·tiÏGal¶liÏcan (?), a. Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
An¶tiÏgraph (?), n. [Gr. ? a transcribing: cf. F. antigraphe.] A copy or transcript.
An·tiÏgug¶gler (?)(?) n. [Pref. antiÏ + guggle or gurgle.] A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.
An·tiÏhe¶lix (?), n. (Anat.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front o? the helix. See Ear.
An·tiÏhem·orÏrhag¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. Ð n. A remedy hemorrhage.
An·tiÏhy·droÏphob¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. Ð n. A remedy for hydrophobia.
An·tiÏhyÏdrop¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against dropsy. Ð n. A remedy for dropsy.
An·tiÏhypÏnot¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep. Ð n. An antihypnotic agent.
An·tiÏhyp·oÏchon¶driÏac (?), a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria. Ð n. A remedy for hypochondria.
An·tiÏhysÏter¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting hysteria. Ð n. A remedy for hysteria.
An·tiÏicÏter¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against jaundice. Ð n. A remedy for jaundice.
Ø An·tiÏleÏgom¶eÏna (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to speak; part. pass. ?.] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.
An·tiÏliÏbra¶tion (?), n. A balancing; equipoise. [R.]
De Quincey.

An·tiÏlith¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. Ð n. An antilithic medicine.
An·tiÏlog¶aÏrithm (?), n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. Ð An·tiÏlog·aÏrith¶mic (?), a.
AnÏtil¶oÏgous (?), a. Of the contrary name or character; Ð opposed to analogous.
÷ pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
AnÏtil¶oÏgy (?), n.; pl. Antilogies (?). [Gr. ?, fr. ? contradictory; ? against + ? to speak.] A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
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An·tiÏloi¶mic (?), n. (Med.) A remedy against the plague.
Brande & C.
AnÏtil¶oÏpine (?), a. Of or relating to the antelope.
AnÏtil¶oÏquist (?), n. A contradicter. [Obs.]
AnÏtil¶oÏquy (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + L. loqui to speak.] Contradiction. [Obs.]
An·tiÏlys¶sic (?), a. & n. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? rage, madness.] (Med.) Antihydrophobic.
An·tiÏmaÏcas¶sar (?), n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
An·tiÏmaÏgis¶tricÏal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + magistrical for magistratical.] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.]
South.
An·tiÏmaÏla¶riÏal (?), a. Good against malaria.
An¶tiÏmask· (?), n. A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [Written also antimasque.]
Bacon.
An·tiÏma¶son (?), n. One opposed to Freemasonry. Ð An·tiÏmaÏson¶ic (?), a.
An·tiÏma¶sonÏry (?), n. Opposition to Freemasonry.
An·tiÏmeÏphit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases. Ð n. A remedy against mephitic gases.
Dunglison.
An¶tiÏmere (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Ïmere.] (Biol.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
Ø An·tiÏmeÏtab¶oÏle (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
Ø An·tiÏmeÏtath¶eÏsis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
AnÏtim¶eÏter (?), n. [Gr. ? like + ? measure.] A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.]
An·tiÏmoÏnar¶chic (?), An·tiÏmoÏnar¶chicÏal (?), } Opposed to monarchial government.
Bp. Benson. Addison.
An·tiÏmon¶archÏist (?), n. An enemy to monarchial government.
An·tiÏmo¶nate (?), n.ÿ(Chem.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [Written also antimoniate.]
An·tiÏmo¶niÏal (?), a. Of or pertaining to antimony. Ð n. (Med.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony.
÷ powder, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; Ð also called James's powder.
An·tiÏmo¶niÏa·ted (?), a. Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.
An·tiÏmon¶ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; Ð said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
An·tiÏmo¶niÏous (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; Ð said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.
An¶tiÏmoÏnite· (?), n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
2. (Min.) Stibnite.
An·tiÏmo¶niÏuÏret·ed (?), a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
An¶tiÏmoÏny (?; 112), n. [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
µ It is of tinÐwhite color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the ? of the Greeks, a sulphide of ~, from which most of the ~ of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of ~.
An·tiÏna¶tionÏal (?), a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
An·tiÏneÏphrit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. Ð n. An ~ remedy.
An·tiÏno¶miÏan (?), a. [See Antimony.] Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
An·tiÏno¶miÏan, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
Mosheim.
An·tiÏno¶miÏanÏism (?), n. The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
South.
AnÏtin¶oÏmist (?), n. An Antinomian. [R.]
Bp. Sanderson.
AnÏtin¶oÏmy (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies (?). [L. antinomia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful.
De Quincey.
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute.
Milton.
3. (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; Ð in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.
An·tiÏo¶chiÏan (?), a. 1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
÷ epoch (Chron.), a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, b. c. 48.
An·tiÏo·donÏtal¶gic (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache. Ð n. A remedy for toothache.
An·tiÏorÏgas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? to swell, as with lust.] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
An·tiÏpa¶pal (?), a. Opposed to the pope or to popery.
Milton.
An·tiÏpar¶alÏlel (?), a. Running in a contrary direction.
Hammond.
An·tiÏpar¶alÏlels (?), n. pl. (Geom.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
An·tiÏpar·aÏlyt¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against paralysis. Ð n. A medicine for paralysis.
An·tiÏpar·aÏlyt¶icÏal (?), a. Antiparalytic.
An·tiÏpaÏthet¶ic (?), An·tiÏpaÏthet¶icÏal (?), } a. Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; Ð often followed by to.
Fuller.
An·tiÏpath¶ic (?), a. [NL. antipathicus, Gr. ? of opposite feelings.] (Med.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.
AnÏtip¶aÏthist (?), n. One who has an antipathy. [R.] ½Antipathist of light.¸
Coleridge.
AnÏtip¶aÏthous (?), a. Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
AnÏtip¶aÏthize (?), v. i. To feel or show antipathy. [R.]
AnÏtip¶aÏthy (?), n.; pl. Antipathies (?). [L. antipathia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See Pathos.] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided.
Washington.
2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason.
I. Taylor.
µ Antipathy is opposed to sympathy. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.
Syn. - Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See Dislike.
An·tiÏpep¶tone (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
An·tiÏpe·riÏod¶ic (?), n. (Med.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
An·tiÏper·iÏstal¶tic (?), a. (Med.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; Ð applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
Ø An·tiÏpeÏris¶taÏsis (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? against + ? a standing around, fr. ? to stand around; ? around + ? to stand.] Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.
An·tiÏper·iÏstat¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to antiperistasis.
An·tiÏpet¶alÏous (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + petal.] (Bot.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
An·tiÏphar¶mic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? poison.] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.
An·tiÏphloÏgis¶tian (?), n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
An·tiÏphloÏgis¶tic (?), a. 1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.
An·tiÏphloÏgis¶tic, n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Coxe.
An¶tiÏphon (?), n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. ?. See Anthem.] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
2. A verse said before and after the psalms.
Shipley.
AnÏtiph¶oÏnal (?), a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. Ð AnÏtiph¶oÏnalÏly, adv.
AnÏtiph¶oÏnal, n. A book of antiphons or anthems.
AnÏtiph¶oÏnaÏry (?), n. [LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner.] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
An¶tiÏphone (?), n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
AnÏtiph¶oÏner (?), n. [F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon.] A book of antiphons.
Chaucer.

An·tiÏphon¶ic (?), a. Antiphonal.
AnÏtiph¶oÏny (?), n.; pl. Antiphonies (?). [See Antiphon.] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast antiphony.
R. Browning.
Ø AnÏtiph¶raÏsis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to express by antithesis or negation.] (Rhet.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
An·tiÏphras¶tic (?), An·tiÏphras¶ticÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to antiphrasis. Ð An·tiÏphras¶ticÏalÏly, adv.
An·tiÏphthis¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption. Ð n. A medicine for phthisis.
An·tiÏphys¶icÏal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + physical.] Contrary to nature; unnatural.
An·tiÏphys¶icÏal, a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? to inflate.] (Med.) Relieving flatulence; carminative.
An·tiÏplas¶tic (?), a. 1. Diminishing plasticity.
2. (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
An·tiÏpoÏdag¶ric (?), a. (Med.) Good against gout. Ð n. A medicine for gout.
AnÏtip¶oÏdal (?), a. 1. Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
2. Diametrically opposite. His antipodal shadow.¸
Lowell.
An¶tiÏpode (?), n. One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king.
Lamb.
µ The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be ?, the last syllable rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin word without a singular) is in common use, and is pronounced, after the English method of Latin, ?.
An·tiÏpo¶deÏan (?), a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
AnÏtip¶oÏdes (?), n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. ? with the feet opposite, pl. ? ?; ? against + ?, ?, foot.] 1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
Latham.
3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel?
Hammond.
An¶tiÏpole (?), n. The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.
Geo. Eliot.
An¶tiÏpope (?), n. One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.
An·tipÏsor¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Of use in curing the itch. Ð n. An antipsoric remedy.
Ø An·tipÏto¶sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? against + ? a falling, a case, ? to fall.] (Gram.) The putting of one case for another.
An·tiÏpu·treÏfac¶tive (?), An·tiÏpuÏtres¶cent (?), } a. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
An·tiÏpy¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ?, ?, pus.] (Med.) Checking or preventing suppuration. Ð n. An antipyic medicine.
Ø An·tiÏpyÏre¶sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to be feverish, fr. ? fire.] (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever.
An·tiÏpyÏret¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. Ð n. A febrifuge.
An·tiÏpy¶rine (?), n. (Med.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.
An·tiÏpyÏrot¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. Ð n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏan (?), a. [See Antiquary. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiqua rian literature.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏan, n. 1. An antiquary.
2. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏanÏism (?), n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.
Warburton.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏanÏize (?), v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]
An¶tiÏquaÏry (?), a. [L. antiquarius, fr. antiquus ancient. See Antique.] Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] ½Instructed by the antiquary times.¸
Shak.
An¶tiÏquaÏry, n.; pl. Antiquaries (?). One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.
An¶tiÏquate (?), v. t. [L. antiquatus, p. p. of antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient.] To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.
Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one.
Sir M. Hale.
An¶tiÏqua·ted (?), a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; oldÐfashioned; as, an antiquated law. ½Antiquated words.¸
Dryden.
Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. - Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See Ancient.
An¶tiÏqua·tedÏness, n. Quality of being antiquated.
An¶tiÏquateÏness (?), n. Antiquatedness. [Obs.]
An·tiÏqua¶tion (?), n. [L. antiquatio, fr. antiquare.] The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.
Beaumont.
AnÏtique¶ (?), a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.]
1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
For the antique world excess and pride did hate.
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2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. ½Antique words.¸
Spenser.
3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's ½Castle of Indolence.¸
4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.]
Syn. - Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; oldÐfashioned; old. See Ancient.
AnÏtique¶ (?), n. [F. See Antique, a. ] In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.
Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques.
Byron.
AnÏtique¶ly, adv. In an antique manner.
AnÏtique¶ness, n. The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.
We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work.
Addison.
An¶tiÏquist (?), n. An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [R.]
Pinkerton.
AnÏtiq·uiÏta¶riÏan (?), n. An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.] [Obs.]
AnÏtiq¶uiÏty (?), n.; pl. Antiquities (?). [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit‚. See Antique.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
2. Old age. [Obs.]
It not your voice broken?… and every part about you blasted with antiquity?
Shak.
3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has ?vowed.
Sir W. Raleigh.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
B. Jonson.
6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.] ½Heathen antiquities.¸
Bacon.
An·tiÏraÏchit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against the rickets.
An·tiÏrent¶er (?), n. One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840Ð47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. Ð An·tiÏrent¶ism (?), n.
An·tiÏsab·baÏta¶riÏan (?), n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
An·tiÏsac·erÏdo¶tal (?), a. Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
Waterland.
AnÏtis¶cians (?), Ø AnÏtis¶ciÏi (?), } n. pl. [L. antiscii, Gr. ?, pl.; ? against + ? shadow.] The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.
The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians.
Brande & C.
An·tiÏscoÏlet¶ic (?), An·tiÏscol¶ic (?), } a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? a worm.] (Med.) Anthelmintic.
An·tiÏscorÏbu¶tic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting scurvy. Ð n. A remedy for scurvy.
An·tiÏscorÏbu¶ticÏal (?), a. (Med.) Antiscorbutic.
An·tiÏscrip¶turÏal (?), a. Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
An·tiÏsep¶alÏous (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + sepal.] (Bot.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
An·tiÏsep¶tic (?), An·tiÏsep¶ticÏal (?), } a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
÷ surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.
An·tiÏsep¶tic, n. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
An·tiÏsep¶ticÏalÏly (?), adv. By means of antiseptics.
An·tiÏslav¶erÏy (?), a. Opposed to slavery. Ð n. Opposition to slavery.
An·tiÏso¶cial (?), a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.
An·tiÏso¶cialÏist, n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.
An·tiÏso¶lar (?), a. Opposite to the sun; Ð said of the point in the heavens 1800 distant from the sun.
An·tiÏspasÏmod¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against spasms. Ð n. A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
An¶tiÏspast (?), n. [L. antispastus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to draw the contrary way; ? against + ? to draw.] (Pros.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (?).
An·tiÏspas¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ?. See Antispast.] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [Obs.] (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. Ð n. An antispastic agent.
An·tiÏsplen¶eÏtic (?; see Splenetic, 277), a. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. Ð n. An ~ medicine.
Ø AnÏtis¶troÏphe (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn to the opposite side; ? against + ? to turn. See Strophe.] 1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song.
Abp. Potter.
2. (Rhet.) (a) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master. (b) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
An·tiÏstroph¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
Ø AnÏtis¶troÏphon (?), n. [Gr. ? turned opposite ways.] (Rhet.) An argument retorted on an opponent.
Milton.
An·tiÏstru¶mat¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Antistrumous. Ð n. A medicine for scrofula.
An·tiÏstru¶mous (?), a. (Med.) Good against scrofulous disorders.
Johnson. Wiseman.
An·tiÏsyph·iÏlit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious against syphilis. Ð n. A medicine for syphilis.
An·tiÏthe¶ism (?), n. The doctrine of antitheists. Ð An·tiÏtheÏis¶tic (?), a.
An·tiÏthe¶ist, n. A disbeliever in the existence of God.
AnÏtith¶eÏsis (?), n.; pl. Antitheses (?). [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to set against, to oppose; ? against + ? to set. See Thesis.] 1. (Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, ½The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.¸ He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.¸
2. The second of two clauses forming an ~.
3. Opposition; contrast.
An¶tiÏthet (?), n. [L. antitheton, fr. Gr. ?, ?, antithetic.] An antithetic or contrasted statement.
Bacon.
An·tiÏthet¶ic (?), An·tiÏthet¶icÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
An·tiÏthet¶icÏalÏly, adv. By way antithesis.
An·tiÏtox¶in , An·tiÏtox¶ine } (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + toxin.] A substance (sometimes the product of a specific microÐorganism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.
An¶tiÐtrade· (?), n. A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Ø AnÏtit¶raÏgus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.
Ø An·tiÏtroÏchan¶ter (?), n. (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
AnÏtit¶roÏpal (?), AnÏtit¶roÏpous (?), } a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? turn, ? to turn.] (Bot.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
Lindley.
An¶tiÏty·pal (?), a. Antitypical. [R.]
An¶tiÏtype (?), n. [Gr. ? of corresponding form; ? against + ? type, figure. See Type.] That of which the type pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
An·tiÏtyp¶icÏal (?), a. Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. Ð An·tiÏtyp¶icÏalÏly, adv.
AnÏtit¶yÏpous (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Resisting blows; hard. [Obs.]
Cudworth.
AnÏtit¶yÏpy (?), n. [Gr. ?.] Opposition or resistance of matter to force. [R.]
Sir W. Hamilton.
An·tiÏvac·ciÏna¶tion (?), n. Opposition to vaccination.
London Times.
An·tiÏvac·ciÏna¶tionÏist, n. An antivaccinist.
An·tiÏvac¶ciÏnist, n. One opposed to vaccination.
An·tiÏvaÏri¶oÏlous (?), a. Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
An·tiÏveÏne¶reÏal (?), a. Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
An·tiÏviv·iÏsec¶tion (?), n. Opposition to vivisection.
An·tiÏviv·iÏsec¶tionÏist, n. One opposed to vivisection
An·tiÏzym¶ic (?), a. Preventing fermentation.
An·tiÏzyÏmot¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition. Ð n. An agent so used.
Ant¶ler (?), n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.] (Zo”l.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Huge stags with sixteen antlers.
Macaulay.
µ The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See Velvet.
÷ moth (Zo”l.), a destructive European moth (Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
Ant¶lered (?), a. Furnished with antlers.
The antlered stag.
Cowper.
Ø Ant¶liÏa (?), n.; pl. Antil‘ (?). [L., a pump, Gr. ? hold of a ship.] (Zo”l.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
Ant¶Ðli·on (?), n. (Zo”l.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.
Ø AnÏt?¶ci (?), AnÏt?¶Ïcians (?), n. pl. [NL. antoeci, fr. Gr. pl. ?; ? opposite + ? to live.] Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.
Ø An·toÏnoÏma¶siÏa (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to name instead; ? + ? to name, ? name.] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
An·toÏnoÏmas¶tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. Ð An·toÏnoÏmas¶ticÏalÏly (?), adv.
AnÏton¶oÏmaÏsy (?), n. Antonomasia.
An¶toÏnym (?), n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for another; ? + ?, ?, a word.] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; Ð used as a correlative of synonym. [R.]
C. J. Smith.
AntÏor¶bitÏal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + orbital.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. Ð n. The ~ bone.
Ant·orÏgas¶tic (?), a. See Antiorgastic.
AntÏo¶zone (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + ozone.] (Chem.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; Ð so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.
An¶tral (?), a. (Anat.) Relating to an antrum.
An¶tre (?), n. [F. antre, L. antrum, fr. Gr. ?.] A cavern. [Obs.]
Shak.
AnÏtrorse¶ (?), a. [From L. ante + versun turned; apparently formed in imitation of re?rorse.] (Bot.) Forward or upward in direction.

Gray.
An·troÏvert¶ (?), v. t. To bend forward. [R.]
Owen.
Ø An¶trum (?), n.; pl. Antra (?). [L., fr. Gr. ?.] A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus.

Huxley.
Ø AnÏtrus¶tion (?), n. [F., fr. LL. antrustio.] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.
Ant¶ thrush· (?). (Zo”l.) (a) One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants. (b) See Ant bird, under Ant.
Ø AÏnu¶bis (?), n. [L.] (Myth.) An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
Ø AÏnu¶ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? a tail.] (Zo”l.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]
AÏnu¶rous (?), a. (Zo”l.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads, [Also written anourous.]
An¶uÏry (?), n. [Gr. ? priv. + ? urine.] (Med.) Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.
Ø A¶nus (?), n. [L., prob. for asnus: cf. Gr. ? to sit, Skr. ¾s.] (Anat.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.
An¶vil (?), n. [OE. anvelt, anfelt, anefelt, AS. anfilt, onfilt; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. anafalz, D. aanbeld.] 1. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
2. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. Specifically (Anat.), the incus. See Incus.
To be on the ~, to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured.
Swift.
An¶vil, v. t. To form or shape on an ~; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
Beau. & Fl.
AnxÏi¶eÏtude (?), n. [L. anxietudo.] The state of being anxious; anxiety. [R.]
AnxÏi¶eÏty (?), n.; pl. Anxieties (?). [L. anxietas, fr. anxius: cf. F. anxi‚t‚. See Anxious.]

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1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o??vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
2. Eager desire.
J. D. Forbes
3. (Med.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
Dunglison.
Syn. - Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; restlessness. See Care.
Anx¶ious (?), a. [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. ? to choke. See Anger.] 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; Ð applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; Ð applied to things; as, anxious labor.
The sweet of life, from which
God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares.
Milton.
3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform.
Macaulay.
Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.
Syn. - Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.
Anx¶iousÏly, adv. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Anx¶iousÏness, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.
A¶ny (?), a. & pron. [OE. ‘ni?, ‘ni, eni, ani, oni, AS. ?nig, fr. ¾n one. It is akin to OS. ?nig, OHG. einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See One.] 1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
µ Any is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any time; I ask any one to answer my question.
No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
Matt. xi. 27.
2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? ½Who will show us any good?¸
Ps. iv. 6.
It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,… and it shall be given him.
Jas. i. 5.
That if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Acts ix. 2.
At any rate, In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.
A¶ny, adv. To ~ extent; in ~ degree; at all.
You are not to go loose any longer.
Shak.
Before you go any farther.
Steele.
A¶nyÏbodÏy (?), n. 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody.
Macaulay.
2. A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.]
All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list.
Lond. Sat. Rev.
A¶nyÏhow· (?), adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error.
J. H. Newman.
Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied.
E. A. Freeman.
A¶nyÏone (?), n. One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.]
A¶nyÏthing (?), n. 1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
Did you ever know of anything so unlucky?
A. Trollope.
They do not know that anything is amiss with them.
W. G. Sumner.
2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; Ð with as or like. [Colloq. or Low]
I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything.
Richardson.
µ Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. ½Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing.¸
De Foe.
÷ but, not at all or in any respect. ½The battle was a rare one, and the victory anything but secure.¸ Hawthorne. Ð ÷ like, in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials.
A¶nyÏthing, adv. In any measure; anywise; at all.
Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not… anything at all quailed.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
A·nyÏthingÏa¶riÏan (?), n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
A¶nyÏway (?), A¶nyÏways (?), } adv. Anywise; at all.
Tennyson. Southey.
A¶nyÏwhere (?), adv. In any place.
Udall.
A¶nyÏwhith·er (?), adv. To or towards any place. [Archaic]
De Foe.
A¶nyÏwise (?), adv. In any wise or way; at all. ½Anywise essential.¸
Burke.
AÏo¶niÏan (?), a. [From Aonia, a part of ??otia, in Greece.] Pertaining to Aonia, B?otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.
÷ fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.
A¶oÏrist (?), n. [Gr. ? indefinite; ? priv. + ? to define, ? boundary, limit.] (Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
A·oÏris¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.
AÏor¶ta (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to lift, heave.] (Anat.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
µ In fishes and the early stages of all higher vertebrates the ~ divides near its origin into several branches (the aortic arches) which pass in pairs round the ?sophagus and unite to form the systemic ~. One or more pairs of these arches persist in amphibia and reptiles, but only one arch in birds and mammals, this being on the right side in the former, and on the left in the latter.
AÏor¶tal (?), a. Aortic; resembling the aorta. [R.]
AÏor¶tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the aorta.
Ø A·orÏti¶tis (?), n. [Aorta + Ïitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the aorta.
Ø A¶ouÏdad (?), n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo”l.) An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
AÏpace¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace.] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
His dewy locks did drop with brine apace.
Spenser.
A visible triumph of the gospel draw? on apace.
I. Taylor.
AÏpa¶ches (?), n. pl.; sing. Apache (?). (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.
Ap·aÏgo¶ge (?), n. [Gr. ? a leading away, fr. ? to lead away; ? from + ? to lead.] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
Ap·aÏgog¶ic (?), Ap·aÏgog¶icÏal (?), } a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary.
Bp. Berkeley.
AÏpaid¶ (?), a. Paid; pleased. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
AÏpair¶ (?), v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Ap·aÏla¶chiÏan , a. See Appalachian.
Ap¶anÏage , n. Same as Appanage.
AÏpan¶throÏpy (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? from + ? man.] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.
Ø A¶par (?), A¶paÏra (?), n. [Native name apara.] (Zo”l.) See Mataco.
Ø A·paÏre¶jo (?), n. [Sp.] A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.
Ø Ap·aÏrith¶meÏsis (?; 277), n. [Gr. ?, from ? to count off or over.] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.
AÏpart¶ (?), adv. [F. … part; (L. ad) + part part. See Part.] 1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
Others apart sat on a hill retired.
Milton.
The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
Ps. iv. 3.
2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.
3. Aside; away. ½Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.¸
Jas. i. 21.
Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.
Keble.
4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
AÏpart¶ment (?), n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
Fielding.
2. A set or suite of rooms.
De Quincey.
3. A compartment. [Obs.]
Pope.
AÏpart¶ness (?), n. The quality of standing apart.
Ø ApÏas¶tron (?), n. [Gr. ? from + ? star.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.
Ap·aÏthet¶ic (?), Ap·aÏthet¶icÏal (?) a. [See Apathy.] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
Ap·aÏthet¶icÏalÏly, adv. In an apathetic manner.
Ap¶aÏthist (?), n. [Cf. F. apathiste.] One who is destitute of feeling.
Ap·aÏthis¶ticÏal (?), a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]
Ap¶aÏthy (?), n.; pl. Apathies (?). [L. apathia, Gr. ?; ? priv. + ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See Pathos.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; Ð applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. ½The apathy of despair.¸
Macaulay.
A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him… to leave events to take their own course.
Prescott.
According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason.
Fleming.
µ In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.
Syn. - Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.
Ap¶aÏtite (?), n. [Gr. ? deceit, fr. ? to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.] (Min.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in sixÐsided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
A·pau·m‚¶ (?), n. See Appaum?.
Ape (?), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zo”l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiad‘, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
µ The ape of the Old Testament was prqobably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.
2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
Byron.
3. A dupe. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Ape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aping.] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. ½How he apes his sire.¸
Addison.
The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried.
Burke.
AÏpeak¶ (?), adv. & a. [Pref. aÏ + peak. Cf. F. … pic vertically.] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak. [Spelt also a?eek.]
Ape¶hood (?), n. The state of being an ape.
AÏpel¶lous (?), a. [Pref. aÏ not + L. pellis skin.] Destitute of skin.
Brande & C.
Ap¶enÏnine (?), a. [L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.
AÏpep¶sy (?), n. [NL. apepsia, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? uncooked, undigested; ? priv. + ? cooked, ? to cook, digest.] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion.
Coxe.
Ap¶er (?), n. One who apes.
Ø AÏpe¶reÏa (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo”l.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).
AÏpe¶riÏent (?), a. [L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover, Overt.] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. Ð n. An aperient medicine or food.
Arbuthnot.
AÏper¶iÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. ap‚ritif, fr. L. aperire.] Serving to open; aperient.
Harvey.
AÏpert¶ (?), a. [OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See Aperient, and cf. Pert, a.] Open; ev?dent; undisguised. [Archaic]
Fotherby.
AÏpert¶, adv. Openly. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
AÏper¶tion (?), n. [L. apertio.] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [Archaic]
Wiseman.
AÏpert¶ly, adv. Openly; clearly. [Archaic]
AÏpert¶ness, n. Openness; frankness. [Archaic]
Ap¶erÏture (?; 135), n. [L. apertura, fr. aperire. See Aperient.] 1. The act of opening. [Obs.]
2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
An aperture between the mountains.
Gilpin.
The back aperture of the nostrils.
Owen.
3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of fourÐinch aperture.
µ 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 1000 aperture.
Ap¶erÏy (?), n.; pl. Aperies . 1. A place where apes are kept. [R.]
Kingsley.
2. The practice of aping; an apish action.
Coleridge.

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AÏpet¶alÏous (?), a. [Pref. aÏ not + petal.] (Bot.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther.
AÏpet¶alÏousÏness, n. The state of being apetalous.
A¶pex (?), n.; pl. E. Apexes (?); L. Apices (?). [L.] 1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.]
÷ of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
Ø AÏph‘r¶eÏsis (?; 277), n. [L.] Same as Apheresis.
Ø AÏpha¶kiÏa (?), n. [NL.; Gr. ? priv. + ? seed of a lentil.] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.
Dunglison.
AÏpha¶kiÏal (?), a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.
Ø Aph·aÏnip¶teÏra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? invisible (? priv. + ? to appear) + ? a wing.] (Zo”l.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.
Aph·aÏnip¶terÏous (?), a. (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.
Aph¶aÏnite (?), n. [Gr. ? invisible; ? priv. + ? to appear.] (Min.) A very compact, darkÐcolored ?ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Aph·aÏnit¶ic (?), a. (Min.) Resembling aphanite; having a very fineÐgrained structure.
Ø AÏpha¶siÏa (?), Aph¶aÏsy (?), } n. [NL. aphasia, Gr. ?, fr. ? not spoken; ? priv. + ? to speak: cf. F. aphasie.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.
AÏpha¶sic (?), a. Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.
AÏphel¶ion (?; 277), n.; pl. Aphelia (?). [Gr. ? + ? sun.] (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
AÏphe·liÏoÏtrop¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? + ? sun + ? belonging to a turning.] Turning away from the sun; Ð said of leaves, etc.
Darwin.
AÏphe·liÏot¶roÏpism (?), n. The habit of bending from the sunlight; Ð said of certain plants.
Ø AÏphe¶miÏa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? voice.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; Ð a disorder of cerebral origin.
AÏpher¶eÏsis (?; 277), n. [L. aphaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to take away; ? + ? to take.] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.]
Dunglison.
Ø Aph¶eÏsis (?), n. [Gr. ? a letting go; ? + ? to let go.] The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; Ð the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
New Eng. Dict.
AÏphet¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? letting go, fr. ? to let go.] Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. Ð AÏphet¶icÏalÏly, adv.
New Eng. Dict.
Aph¶eÏtism (?), n. An aphetized form of a word.
New Eng. Dict.
Aph¶eÏtize (?), v. t. To shorten by aphesis.
These words… have been aphetized.
New Eng. Dict.
A¶phid (?), n. (Zo”l.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
Aph¶iÏdes (?), n. pl. (Zo”l.) See Aphis.
AÏphid¶iÏan (?), a. (Zo”l.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphid‘. Ð n. One of the aphides; an aphid.
Aph·iÏdiv¶oÏrous (?)(?). [Aphis + L. vorare to devour.] (Zo”l.) Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.
Aph·iÏdoph¶aÏgous (?), a. [Aphis + Gr. ? to eat.] (Zo”l.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellid‘.
Aph·iÏlan¶throÏpy (?), n. [Gr. ? not loving man; ? priv. + ? to love + ? man.] Want of love to mankind; Ð the opposite of philanthropy.
Coxe.
Ø A¶phis (?), n.; pl. Aphides (?). [NL.] (Zo”l.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphid‘, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.
µ Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the Aphid‘ excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.
A¶phis li¶on (?). (Zo”l.) The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larv‘ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).
Aph·loÏgis¶Ïtic (?), a. [Gr. ? not inflammable; ? priv. + ? set on fire. See Phlogiston.] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.
Ø AÏpho¶niÏa (?), Aph¶oÏny (?), } n. [NL. aphonia, Gr. ?, fr. ? voiceless; ? priv. + ? voice: cf. F. aphonie.] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance.
AÏphon¶ic (?), Aph¶oÏnous (?), } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.
Aph¶oÏrism (?), n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. ? definition, a short, pithy sentence, fr. ? to mark off by boundaries, to define; ? from + ? to separate, part. See Horizon.] A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.
The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, ½Life is short, and the art is long.¸
Fleming.
Syn. - Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw; truism; dictum. See Axiom.
Aph·oÏrisÏmat¶ic (?), Aph·oÏris¶mic (?), } a. Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
Aph·oÏris¶mer (?)(?) n. A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.]
Milton.
Aph¶oÏrist, n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms.
Aph·oÏris¶tic (?)(?), Aph·oÏris¶ticÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.
The method of the book is aphoristic.
De Quincey.
Aph·oÏris¶ticÏalÏly, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.
Aph¶oÏrize (?), v. i. To make aphorisms.
Aph¶rite (?), n. (Min.) See under Calcite.
Aph·roÏdis¶iÏac (?), Aph·roÏdiÏsi¶aÏcal (?), } a. [Gr. ? pertaining to sensual love, fr. ?. See Aphrodite.] Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
Aph·roÏdis¶iÏac, n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.
Aph·roÏdis¶iÏan (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. ½Aphrodisian dames¸ [that is, courtesans].
C. Reade.
Ø Aph·roÏdi¶te (?), n. [Gr. ?.] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
2. (Zo”l.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike set‘; the sea mouse.
3. (Zo”l.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
Aph·roÏdit¶ic (?), a. Venereal. [R.]
Dunglison.
Ø Aph¶tha (?), n. [Sing. of Aphth‘.] (Med.) (a) One of the whitish specks called aphth‘. (b) The disease, also called thrush.
Ø Aph¶th‘ (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (mostly in pl. ?, Hipp.) an eruption, thrush, fr. ? to set on fire, inflame.] (Med.) Roundish pearlÐcolored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.
Aph¶thoid , a. [Aphtha + Ïoid.] Of the nature of aphth‘; resembling thrush.
Aph¶thong (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? silent; ? priv. + ? voice, sound, fr. ? to sound.] A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. Ð AphÏthon¶gal (?), a.
Aph¶thous (?)(?) a. [Cf. F. aphtheux.] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphth‘; characterized by apht‘; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.
Aph¶ylÏlous (?), a. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? leaf.] (Bot.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
A·piÏa¶ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Umbelliferous.
A¶piÏan (?), a. Belonging to bees.
A·piÏa¶riÏan (?), a. Of or relating to bees.
A¶piÏaÏrist (?), n. One who keeps an apiary.
A¶piÏaÏry (?), n. [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.] A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
Ap¶icÏal (?), a. [L. apex, apicis, tip or summit.] At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.
Gray.
Ø Ap¶iÏces (?), n. pl. See Apex.
AÏpi¶cian (?), a. [L. Apicianus.] Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
H. Rogers.
AÏpic¶uÏlar , a. [NL. apiculus, dim. of L. apex, apicis.] Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

AÏpic¶uÏlate (?), AÏpic¶uÏla·ted (?), } a. [See Apicular.] (Bot.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
Ap¶iÏcul·ture (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E. culture.] Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
AÏpiece¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + piece.] Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. ½Fined… a thousand pounds apiece.¸
Hume.
AÏpie¶ces (?), adv. In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] ½Being torn apieces.¸
Shak.
AÏpik¶ed (?), a. Trimmed. [Obs.]
Full fresh and new here gear apiked was.
Chaucer.
A¶piÏol (?), n. [L. apium parsley + Ïol.] (Med.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.
A·piÏol¶oÏgist (?), n. [L. apis bee + Ïlogist (see Ïlogy).] A student of bees. [R.]
Emerson.
Ø A¶pis (?), n. [L., bee.] (Zo”l.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.
Ap¶ish (?), a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy.
Sir W. Scott.
Ap¶ishÏly, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Ap¶ishÏness, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
AÏpit¶pat , adv. [Pref. aÏ + pitpat.] With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Congreve.
Ap·laÏcen¶tal , a. [Pref. aÏ + placental.] Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
Ø Ap·laÏcenÏta¶ta , n. pl. [Pref. aÏ not + placenta.] (Zo”l.) Mammals which have no placenta.
Ø Ap·laÏcoph¶oÏra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? a flat cake + ? to bear.] (Zo”l.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or set‘, but is without shelly plates.
Ap·laÏnat¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? disposed to wander, wandering, ? to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; Ð said of a lens.
÷ focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best ~ object glasses of microscopes are constructed.
AÏplan¶aÏtism (?), n. Freedom from spherical aberration.
AÏplas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. aÏ not + plastic.] Not plastic or easily molded.
Ø A·plomb¶ (?), n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; ? to + plomb lead. See Plumb.] Assurance of manner or of action; selfÐpossession.
AÏplot¶oÏmy (?), n. [Gr. ? simple + ? a cutting.] (Surg.) Simple incision.
Dunglison.
Ø AÏplus¶tre (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
Audsley.
Ø AÏplys¶iÏa (?), n. [Gr. ? a dirty sponge, fr. ? unwashed; ? priv. + ? to wash.] (Zo”l.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
Ø ApÏneu¶moÏna (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ?, ?, a lung.] (Zo”l.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; Ð called also Apoda or Apodes.
Ø ApÏn?¶a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ?, ?, breath, ? to breathe, blow.] (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Ap¶o (?). [Gr. ?. See AbÏ.] A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
AÏpoc¶aÏlypse (?), n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to uncover, to disclose; ? from + ? to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.] 1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.
2. Anything viewed as a revelation; as disclosure.
The new apocalypse of Nature.
Carlyle.
AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶tic (?), AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶ticÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
÷ number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

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AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶tic (?), AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶tist, n. The writer of the Apocalypse. AÏpoc·aÏlyp¶ticÏalÏly (?), adv. By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner. Ap·oÏcar¶pous , a. [Pref. apoÏ + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; Ð opposed to syncarpous. Lindley. AÏpoc¶oÏpate (?), v. t. [LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope.] (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. AÏpoc¶oÏpate (?), AÏpoc¶oÏpa·ted (?), } a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form. AÏpoc·oÏpa¶tion (?), n. Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated. Ø AÏpoc¶oÏpe, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a cutting off, fr. ? to cut off; ? from + ? to cut.] 1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. 2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission. Ap·oÏcris¶iÏaÏry (?), Ø Ap·oÏcris·iÏa¶riÏus (?), } n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. ? answer, fr. ? to answer; ? from + ? to separate.] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. Ap·oÏcrus¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ? able to drive off, fr. ? to drive off.] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. Ð n. An apocrustic medicine. AÏpoc¶ryÏpha (?), n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. Apocryphas (?). [L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. ? hidden, spurious, fr. ? to hide; ? from + ? to hide.] 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; Ð formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] Locke. 2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. µ Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly ?mitted from the King James's Bible. AÏpoc¶ryÏphal (?), a. 1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha. 2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. The passages… are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis. AÏpoc¶ryÏphalÏist, n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.] AÏpoc¶ryÏphalÏly, adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably. AÏpoc¶ryÏphalÏness, n. The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness. AÏpoc·yÏna¶ceous (?), Ap·oÏcyn¶eÏous (?), a. [Gr. ? dogbane; ? from + ? dog.]] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type. AÏpoc¶yÏnin (?), n. [From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane.] (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum). Ap¶od (?), Ap¶oÏdal (?), } a. [See Apod, n.] 1. Without feet; footless. 2. (Zo”l.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. Ap¶od (?), Ap¶ode (?), } n.; pl. Apods (?) or Apodes (?). [Gr. ?, ?, footless; ? priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo”l.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. µ The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies. Ø Ap¶oÏda (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?. See Apod, n.] (Zo”l.) (a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs. (b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. (c) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech. Ap¶oÏdan (?), a. (Zo”l.) Apodal. Ap¶oÏdeic¶tic (?), Ap·oÏdic¶tic (?), Ap·oÏdeic¶ticÏal (?), Ap·oÏdic¶ticÏal (?), } a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to point out, to show by argument; ? from + ? to show.] SelfÐevident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton. Ap·oÏdeic¶ticÏalÏly, Ap·oÏdic¶ticÏalÏly, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction. Ap¶oÏdeme (?), n. [Pref. apoÏ + Gr. ? body.] (Zo”l.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea. Ø Ap¶oÏdes (?), n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zo”l.) (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona. Ap·oÏdic¶tic (?), a. Same as Apodeictic. Ø Ap·oÏdix¶is (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?.] Full demonstration. Ø AÏpod¶oÏsis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to give back; ? from, back again + ? to give.] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, ½Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,¸ the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis. µ Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional. Ap¶oÏdous (?)(?), a. (Zo”l.) Apodal; apod. Ø AÏpod·yÏte¶riÏum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to strip one's self.] (Anc. Arch.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room. Ap·oÏga¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? far from the earth.] Apogean. Ap·oÏgam¶ic (?), a. Relating to apogamy. AÏpog¶aÏmy (?), n. [Pref. apoÏ + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or o”spore. De Bary. Ap·oÏge¶al (?), a. (Astron.) Apogean. Ap·oÏge¶an (?), a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee. Ap¶oÏgee (?), n. [Gr. ? from the earth; ? from + ?, ?, earth: cf. F. apog‚e.] 1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. µ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth. 2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination. Ap·oÏge·oÏtrop¶ic (?), a. [Pref. apoÏ + Gr. ? earth + ? turning.] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; Ð said of leaves, etc. Darwin. Ap¶oÏgeÏot¶roÏpism (?), n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts. Ap¶oÏgraph (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? from + ? to write: cf. F. apographe.] A copy or transcript. Blount. Ap·oÏhy¶al (?), a. [Pref. apoÏ + the Gr. letter Y.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone. AÏpoise¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + poise.] Balanced. AÏpo¶lar (?), a. [Pref. aÏ + polar.] (Biol.) Having no radiating processes; Ð applied particularly to certain nerve cells. Ap·oÏlaus¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to enjoy.] Devoted to enjoyment. AÏpol·liÏna¶riÏan (?), a. [L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo.] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. AÏpol·liÏna¶riÏan, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. AÏpol·liÏna¶ris wa¶ter (?). An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. AÏpol¶lo (?), n. [L. Apollo, Ïlinis, Gr. ?.] (Classic Myth.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the ½sun god¸), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; Ð called also Ph?bus. The ÷ Belvedere, a celebrated statue of ÷ in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame. Ap·olÏlo¶niÏan (?), Ap·olÏlon¶ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo. AÏpol¶lyÏon (?), n. [Gr. ? destroying, fr. ?, ?, to destroy utterly; ? from, entirely + ? to destroy.] The Destroyer; Ð a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon. AÏpol¶oÏger (?), n. A teller of apologues. [Obs.] AÏpol·oÏget¶ic (?), AÏpol·oÏget¶icÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak in defense of; ? from + ? speech, ? to say, to speak. See Logic.] Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. ½To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone.¸ Macaulay. AÏpol·oÏget¶icÏalÏly, adv. By way of apology. AÏpol·oÏget¶ics (?), n. That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority. AÏpol¶oÏgist (?), n. [Cf. F. apologiste.] One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity. AÏpol¶oÏgize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Apologized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Apologizing.] [Cf. F. apologiser.] 1. To make an apology or defense. Dr. H. More. 2. To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; Ð with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter. To apologize for his insolent language. Froude. AÏpol¶oÏgize, v. t. To defend. [Obs.] The Christians… were apologized by Plinie. Dr. G. Benson. AÏpol¶oÏgi·zer (?), n. One who makes an apology; an apologist. Ap¶oÏlogue (?), n. [L. apologous, Gr. ?; ? from + ? speech, ? to speak: cf. F. apologue.] A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable. µ An apologue differs from a parable in this;: the parable is drawn from events which take place among mankind, and therefore requires probability in the narrative; the apologue is founded on supposed actions of brutes or inanimate things, and therefore is not limited by strict rules of probability. ’sop's fables are good examples of apologues. AÏpol¶oÏgy (?), n.; pl. Apologies . [L. apologia, Gr. ?; ? from + ?: cf. F. apologie. See Apologetic.] 1. Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden. 2. An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret. 3. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains. Dickens. Syn. - Excuse. An apology, in the original sense of the word, was a pleading off from some charge or imputation, by explaining and defending one's principles or conduct. It therefore amounted to a vindication. One who offers an apology, admits himself to have been, at least apparently, in the wrong, but brings forward some palliating circumstance, or tenders a frank acknowledgment, by way of reparation. We make an apology for some breach of propriety or decorum (like rude expressions, unbecoming conduct, etc.), or some deficiency in what might be reasonably expected. We offer an excuse when we have been guilty of some breach or neglect of duty; and we do it by way of extenuating our fault, and with a view to be forgiven. When an excuse has been accepted, an apology may still, in some cases, be necessary or appropriate. ½An excuse is not grounded on the claim of innocence, but is rather an appeal for favor resting on some collateral circumstance. An apology mostly respects the conduct of individuals toward each other as equals; it is a voluntary act produced by feelings of decorum, or a desire for the good opinion of others.¸ Crabb. AÏpol¶oÏgy (?), v. i. To offer an ~. [Obs.] For which he can not well apology. J. Webster. Ap·oÏmeÏcom¶eÏter , n. An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight. Ap·oÏmeÏcom¶eÏtry , n. [Pref. apoÏ + Gr. ? length + Ïmetry.] The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. or R.] Ø Ap·oÏmor¶phiÏa (?), Ap·oÏmor¶phine (?), } n. [Pref. apoÏ + morphia, morphine.] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic. Ø Ap·oÏneuÏro¶sis (?), n.; pl. Aponeuroses (?). [Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass into a tendon; ? from + ? to strain the sinews, ? sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci‘ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. Ap·oÏneuÏrot¶ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. Ap·oÏneuÏrot¶oÏmy (?), n. [Aponeurosis + Gr. ? a cutting.] Dissection of aponeuroses. Ap·oÏpemp¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to send off or away; ? from + ? to send.] Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns. Ø AÏpoph¶aÏsis (?), n. [Gr. ? denial, fr. ? to speak out, to deny.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius C‘sar, iii. 2.] Ap·oÏphlegÏmat¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ?; ? from + ? full of phlegm. See Phlegmatic.] (Med.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. Ð n. An ~ medicine. Ap·oÏphleg¶maÏtism , n. [Gr. ?, Galen.] 1. (Med.) The action of apophlegmatics. 2. An apophlegmatic. [Obs.] Bacon. Ap·oÏphlegÏmat¶iÏzant (?), n. (Med.) An apophlegmatic. [Obs.] Ap·ophÏthegm (?), n. See Apothegm. Ap·ophÏthegÏmat¶ic (?), Ap·ophÏthegÏmat¶icÏal (?), a. Same as Apothegmatic. Ø AÏpoph¶yÏge (?), n. [Gr. ? escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. ? to ??ee away; ? from + ? to flee: cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; Ð called also the scape. Parker. AÏpoph¶ylÏlite (?), n. [Pref. apoÏ + Gr. ? leaf; so called from its foliated structure or easy cleavage.] (Min.) A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium. Ø AÏpoph¶yÏsis (?), n.; pl. Ïses. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offshoot, process of a bone, fr. ? to grow from; ? from + ?, ?, to grow.] 1. (Anat.) A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone. 2. (bot.) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray. Ap·oÏplec¶tic (?)(?) Ap·oÏplec¶ticÏal (?), } a. [L. apoplecticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. apoplectique. See Apoplexy.] Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke. Ap·oÏplec¶tic, n. One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy. Ap·oÏplec¶tiÏform (?), Ap·oÏplec¶toid (?), a. [Apoplectic + Ïform, Ïoid.] Resembling apoplexy. Ap¶oÏplex (?), n. Apoplexy. [Obs.] Dryden. Ap·oÏplexed , a. Affected with apoplexy. [Obs.] Shak.

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Ap¶oÏplex·y (?), n. [OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to cripple by a stroke; ? from + ? to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See Plague.] (Med.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
µ The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as, apoplexy of the lung.
Ap·oÏret¶icÏal (?), a. [Gr. ?. See Aporia.] Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.]
Cudworth.
Ø AÏpo¶riÏa (?), n.; pl. Aporias . [L., doubt, Gr. ?, fr. ? without passage, at a loss; ? priv. + ? passage.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
Ø Ap·oÏro¶sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Aporia.] (Zo”l.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; Ð opposed to Perforata.
Ap·oÏrose¶ (?), a. (Zo”l.) Without pores.
AÏport¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÏ + port.] (Naut.) On or towards the port or left side; Ð said of the helm.
Ø Ap·oÏsi·oÏpe¶sis (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to be quite silent.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, ½I declare to you that his conduct Ð but I can not speak of that, here.¸
Ap·oÏsit¶ic , a. [Gr. ?; ? from + ? food.] (Med.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.
AÏpos¶taÏsy (?), n.; pl. Apostasies (?). [OE. apostasie, F. apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. ? a standing off from, a defection, fr. ? to stand off, revolt; ? from + ? to stand. See Off and Stand.] An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
AÏpos¶tate (?), n. [L. apostata, Gr. ?, fr. ?. See Apostasy.] 1. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
2. (R. C. Ch.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
AÏpos¶tate, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
So spake the apostate angel.
Milton.
A wretched and apostate state.
Steele.
AÏpos¶tate, v. i. [L. apostatare.] To apostatize. [Obs.]
We are not of them which apostate from Christ.
Bp. Hall.
Ap·oÏstat¶ic (?), a. [L. apostaticus, Gr. ?.] Apostatical. [R.]
Ap·oÏstat¶icÏal (?), a. Apostate.
An heretical and apostatical church.
Bp. Hall.
AÏpos¶taÏtize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Apostatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Apostatizing.] [LL. apostatizare.] To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in ?emblances.
Carlyle.
AÏpos¶teÏmate (?), v. i. [See Aposteme.] To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
Wiseman.
AÏpos·teÏma¶tion (?), n. [LL. apostematio: cf. F. apost‚mation.] (Med.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [Written corruptly imposthumation.]
Wiseman.
Ap·osÏtem¶aÏtous (?), a. Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.
Ap¶osÏteme (?), n. [L. apostema, Gr. ? the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. ? to stand off: cf. F. apostŠme. See Apostasy.] (Med.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly imposthume.]
Ø A· posÏte·riÏo¶ri (?). [L. a (ab) + posterior latter.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
2. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
AÏpos¶til (?), AÏpos¶tille (?), } n. [F. apostille. See Postil.] A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.
Motley.
AÏpos¶tle (?), n. [OE. apostle, apostel, postle, AS. apostol, L. apostolus, fr. Gr. ? messenger, one sent forth or away, fr. ? to send off or away; ? from + ? to send; akin to G. stellen to set, E. stall: cf. F. ap“tre, Of. apostre, apostle, apostele, apostole.] 1. Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles.
Luke vi. 13.
µ The title of apostle is also applied to others, who, though not of the number of the Twelve, yet were equal with them in office and dignity; as, ½Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ.¸ 1 Cor. i. 1. In Heb. iii. 1, the name is given to Christ himself, as having been sent from heaven to publish the gospel. In the primitive church, other ministers were called apostles (Rom. xvi. 7).
2. The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.
3. (Civ. & Admiralty Law) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
Wharton. Burrill.
Apostles' creed, a creed of unknown origin, which was formerly ascribed to the apostles. It certainly dates back to the beginning of the sixth century, and some assert that it can be found in the writings of Ambrose in the fourth century. Ð ÷ spoon (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an ~. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild.
B. Jonson.
AÏpos¶tleÏship (?), n. The office or dignity of an apostle.
AÏpos¶toÏlate (?), n. [L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle.] 1. The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate.
Jer. Taylor.
2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
Ap·osÏtol¶ic (?), Ap·osÏtol¶icÏal (?), } a. [L. apostolicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. apostolique.] 1. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
Apostolical brief. See under Brief. Ð Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. Ð Apostolic church, the Christian church; Ð so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. Ð Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author. Ð Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added. Ð Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. Ð Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; Ð so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. Ð Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period.
Hook.
Ap·osÏtol¶ic, n. [L. apostolicus.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
Ap·osÏtol¶icÏalÏly, adv. In an apostolic manner.
Ap·osÏtol¶icÏalÏness, n. Apostolicity.
Dr. H. More.
Ap·osÏtol¶iÏcism (?), AÏpos·toÏlic¶iÏty (?), } n. The state or quality of being apostolical.
AÏpos¶troÏphe (?), n. [(1) L., fr. Gr. ? a turning away, fr. ? to turn away; ? from + ? to turn. (2) F., fr. L. apostrophus ~, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. ?.] 1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of ½Paradise Lost.¸
2. (Gram.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.
3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.
The ~ is used to mark the plural of figures and letters; as, two 10's and three a's. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.
Ap·osÏtroph¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
AÏpos¶troÏphize (?), v. t., [imp. & p. p. Apostrophized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Apostrophizing.] 1. To address by apostrophe.
2. To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
AÏpos¶troÏphize, v. i. To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Ap¶osÏtume (?), n. See Aposteme. [Obs.]
Ap·oÏtac¶tite (?), n. [LL. pl. apotactitae, Gr. ?, fr. ? set apart; ? from + ? to arrange, ordain.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
AÏpot¶eÏlesm (?), n. [See Apotelesmatic.] 1. The result or issue. [Obs.]
2. (Astrol.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.]
Bailey.
Ap·oÏtel·esÏmat¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? effect of the stars on human destiny, fr. ? to complete; ? from + ? to end, ? end.] 1. Relating to the casting of horoscopes. [Archaic]
Whewell.
2. Relating to an issue of fulfillment.
In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e, one of after or final accomplishment.
M. Stuart.
AÏpoth¶eÏcaÏry (?), n.; pl. Apothecaries . [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. ?, fr. ? to pu? away; ? from + ? to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis.] One who prepares and sell? drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
µ In England an ~ is one of a privileged class of practitioners Ð a kind of subÐ physician. The surgeon ~ is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist.
Apothecaries' weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.
Ø Apo·Ïthe¶ciÏum , n.; pl. Apothecia (?). [NL.] (Bot.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
Ap¶oÏthegm, Ap¶ophÏthegm } (?), n. [Gr. ? thing uttered, apothegm, from ? to speak out; ? from + ? to speak.] A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. [Apothegm is now the prevalent spelling in the United States.]
Ap·oÏthegÏmat¶ic (?), Ap·oÏthegÏmat¶icÏal (?), } a. Gr. ?.] Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apotghem; sententious; pithy.
Ap·oÏtheg¶maÏtist (?), n. A collector or maker of apothegms.
Pope.
Ap·oÏtheg¶maÏtize (?), v. i. To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
Ap¶oÏthem (?), n. [Gr. ? + ? that which is placed, ? to place.] 1. (Math.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
2. A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
Ap·oÏthe¶oÏsis (?; 277), n. pl. Apotheoses (?). [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to deify; ? from + ? to deify, ? a god.] 1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, ½the gods;¸ deification.
2. Glorification; exaltation. ½The apotheosis of chivalry.¸ Prescott. ½The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery.¸ F. Harrison.
Ap·oÏthe¶oÏsize (?), v. t. To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
Ø AÏpoth¶eÏsis (?), n. [Gr. ? a putting back or away, fr. ?. See Apothecary.] (Arch.) (a) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale. (b) A dressing room connected with a public bath.
Ø AÏpot¶oÏme (?), n. [Gr. ? a cutting off, fr. ? to cut off; ? from + ? to cut.] 1. (Math.) The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between ?2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
2. (Mus) The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]
Ap¶oÏzem (?), n. [L. apozema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to extract by boiling; ? from + ? boil.] (Med.) A decoction or infusion. [Obs.]
Wiseman.
Ap·oÏzem¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.]
J. Whitaker.
ApÏpair¶ (?), v. t. & i. [OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair.] To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.]
Ap·paÏla¶chiÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.
µ The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the heighboring Indians.
Am. Cyc.
ApÏpall¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + pƒlir to grow pale, to make pale, pƒle pale. See Pale, a., and cf. Pall.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]
The answer that ye made to me, my dear,…
Hath so appalled my countenance.
Wyatt.
2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Whine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
Holland.
3. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
Clarendon.

Syn. - To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.
ApÏpall¶, v. i. 1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.]
Gower.
2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]
ApÏpall¶, n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.]
Cowper.
ApÏpall¶ing, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. Ð ApÏpall¶ingÏly, adv.
ApÏpall¶ment (?), n. Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Ap¶paÏnage (?), n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.] 1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
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3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. ½Wealth… the appanage of wit.¸
Swift.
ApÏpan¶aÏgist (?), n. [F. apanagiste.] A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.
ApÏpal¶ailÏlyng (?), n. [See Apparel, n. & v.] Preparation. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Ap¶paÏratus (?), n.; pl. Apparatus, also rarely Apparatuses (?). [L., from apparare, apparatum, to prepare; ad + prepare to make ready.] 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism. 3. (Physiol.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. ApÏpar¶el (?), n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.] 1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler. 2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on ?lbs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. 3. (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc. Syn. - Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments. ApÏpar¶el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.] [OF. apareiller.] 1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Ships… appareled to fight. Hayward. 3. To dress or clothe; to attire. They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25. 4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth. ApÏpar¶ence (?), n. [OF. aparence.] Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer. ApÏpar¶enÏcy (?), n. 1. Appearance. [Obs.] 2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge. 3. The position of being heir apparent. ApÏpar¶ent (?), a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, Ïentis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon… apparent queen. Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. Reid. ÷ horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the ~ meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. Ð ÷ time. See Time. Ð Heir ~ (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; Ð in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive. Syn. - Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. ApÏpar¶ent, n. An heir ~. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak. ApÏpar¶entÏly, adv. 1. Visibly. [Obs.] Hobbes. 2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. 3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. ApÏpar¶entÏness, n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood. Ap·paÏri¶tion (?), n. [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear.] 1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott. 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler. 3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. ½The heavenly bands… a glorious apparition.¸ Milton.

I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition.
Shak.
4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; Ð opposed to occultation.
Circle of perpetual ~. See under Circle.
Ap·paÏri¶tionÏal (?), a. Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. ½An apparitional soul.¸
Tylor.
ApÏpar¶iÏtor (?), n. [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.] 1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world.
De Quincey.
2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
Bouvier.
Ø Ap·pau·m‚¶ (?), n. [F. appaum‚; ? (l. ad) + paume the palm, fr. L. palma.] (Her.) A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.
ApÏpay¶ (?), v. t. [OF. appayer, apaier, LL. appacare, appagare, fr. L. ad + pacare to pacify, pax, pacis, peace. See Pay, Appease.] To pay; to satisfy or appease. [Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
ApÏpeach¶ (?), v. t. [OE. apechen, for empechen, OF. empeechier, F. empˆcher, to hinder. See Impeach.] To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.]
And oft of error did himself appeach.
Spenser.
ApÏpeach¶er , n. An accuser. [Obs.]
Raleigh.
ApÏpeach¶ment (?), n. Accusation. [Obs.]
ApÏpeal¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appealing.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to ~, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.] 1. (Law) (a) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court. (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.
Sir W. Scott.
3. To invoke. [Obs.]
Milton.
ApÏpeal¶, v. t. 1. (Law) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of re‰xamination of for decision.
Tomlins.
I appeal unto C‘sar.
Acts xxv. 11.
2. To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
I appeal to the Scriptures in the original.
Horsley.
They appealed to the sword.
Macaulay.
ApÏpeal¶, n. [OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See Appeal, v. t.] 1. (Law) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re‰xamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of ~. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement.
Tomlins. Bouvier.
2. A summons to answer to a charge.
Dryden.
3. A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders.
Bacon.
4. Resort to physical means; recourse.
Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms.
Kent.
ApÏpeal¶aÏble (?), a. 1. Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.
2. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. [Obs.]
ApÏpeal¶ant (?), n. An appellant. [Obs.]
Shak.
ApÏpeal¶er (?), n. One who makes an appeal.
ApÏpeal¶ing, a The appeals; imploring. Ð ApÏpeal¶ÏingÏly, adv. Ð ApÏpeal¶ingÏness, n.
ApÏpear¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re to produce. Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i. 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
And God… said, Let… the dry land appear.
Gen. i. 9.
2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
We must all appear before the judgment seat.
µ Cor. v. 10.
One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear.
Macaulay.
4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
It doth not yet appear what we shall be.
1 John iii. 2.
Of their vain contest appeared no end.
Milton.
5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Matt. vi. 16.
Syn. - To seem; look. See Seem.
ApÏpear¶, n. Appearance. [Obs.]
J. Fletcher.
ApÏpear¶ance (?), n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear.] 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
And now am come to see…
It thy appearance answer loud report.
Milton.
4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward sings, or circumstances, fitted to ?nake a particular impression or to determine the judg? ?nt as to the character of a person or a thing, an act o? a state; as, appearances are against him.
There was upon the tab?nacle, as it were, the appearance of fire.
Num. ix. 15.
For man looketh on the outward appearance.
1 Sam. xvi. 7.
Judge not according to the appearance.
Jo?n. vii. 24.
5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
Will he now retire,
After appearance, and again prolong
Our expectation?
Milton.
6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.]
There is that which hath no appearance.
Bacon.
7. (Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell.
To put in an ~, to be present; to appear in person. Ð To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.
Syn. - Coming; arrival; presence; semblance;; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.
ApÏpear¶er (?), n. One who appears.
Sir T. Browne.
ApÏpear¶ingÏly, adv. Apparently. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
ApÏpeas¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. Ð ApÏpeas¶aÏbleÏness, n.
ApÏpease¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
Syn. - To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.
ApÏpease¶ment (?), n. The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
Hayward.
ApÏpeas¶er (?), n. One who appeases; a pacifier.
ApÏpea¶sive (?), a. Tending to appease.
ApÏpel¶laÏble (?), a. Appealable.
ApÏpel¶lanÏcy (?), n. Capability of appeal.
ApÏpel¶lant (?), a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. ½An appellant jurisdiction.¸
Hallam.
Party ~ (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; Ð opposed to respondent, or appellee.
Tomlins.
ApÏpel¶lant, n. 1. (Law) (a) One who accuses another of felony or treason. [Obs.] b) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
2. A challenger. [Obs.]
Milton.
3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.
4. One who appeals or entreats.
ApÏpel¶late (?), a. [L. appelatus, p. p. of appellare.] Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. ½Appellate jurisdiction.¸ Blackstone. ½Appellate judges.¸
Burke.

÷ court, a court having cognizance of appeals.
ApÏpel¶late, n. A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.
Ap·pelÏla¶tion (?), n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.] 1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.]
Spenser.
2. The act of calling by a name.
3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates.
Hume.
Syn. - See Name.
ApÏpel¶laÏtive (?), a. [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.] 1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
Cudworth.
2. (gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class ?
ApÏpel¶laÏtive, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.] 1. A common name, distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.
God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them.
Jer. Taylor.
ApÏpel¶laÏtiveÏly, adv. After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
ApÏpel¶laÏtiveÏness, n. The quality of being appellative.
Fuller.
ApÏpel¶laÏtory (?), a. [L. appellatorius, fr. appellare.] Containing an appeal.
An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant.
Ayliffe.
Ap·pelÏlee¶ , n. [F. appel‚, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare.] (Law) (a) The defendant in a? appeal; Ð opposed to appellant. (b) The person who i? appealed against, or accused of crime; Ð opposed to appellor.
Blackstone.

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Ap·pelÏlor (?), n. [OF. apeleur, fr. L. appellator, fr. appellare.] (Law) (a) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone. (b) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Blount. Burrill.
µ This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the appellant. Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor.
Ap¶penÏage , n. See Appanage.
ApÏpend¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending.] [L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. append?re, v. i., to hang to, append?re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend?re, v. i., to hang, pend?re, v. t., to hang. See Pendant.] 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
A further purpose appended to the primary one.
I. Taylor.
ApÏpend¶age , n. 1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
Modesty is the appendage of sobriety.
Jer. Taylor.
2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
Antenn‘ and other appendages used for feeling.
Carpenter.
Syn. - Addition; adjunct; concomitant.
ApÏpend¶aged , a. Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.
ApÏpend¶ance , n. [F.] Something appendant.
ApÏpend¶ant , a. [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t.] 1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity.
Jer. Taylor.
2. (Law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; Ð said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
Wharton. Coke.
ApÏpend¶ant, n. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
ApÏpend¶ence (?), ApÏpend¶enÏcy (?), } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [Obs.]
ApÏpend¶iÏcal (?), a. Of or like an appendix.
ApÏpend¶iÏcate (?), v. t. To append. [Obs.]
ApÏpend·iÏca¶tion (?), n. An appendage. [Obs.]
ApÏpend·iÏci¶tis (?), n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
ApÏpend¶iÏcle (?), n. [L. appendicula, dim. of. appendix.] A small appendage.
Ap·penÏdic¶uÏlar (?), a. Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [R.]
Ø Ap·penÏdic·uÏla¶riÏa (?), n. [NL.] (Zo”l.) A genus of small freeÐswimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larv‘ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.
Ø Ap·penÏdic·uÏla¶ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) An order of annelids; the Polych?ta.
Ap·penÏdic¶uÏlate (?), a. [See Appendicle.] Having small appendages; forming an appendage.
Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf.
Withering.
ApÏpen¶dix (?), n.; pl. E. Appendixes (?), L. Appendices (?). [L. appendix, Ïdicis, fr. appendere. See Append.] 1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
Normandy became an appendix to England.
Sir M. Hale.
2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
Syn. - See Supplement.
ApÏpen¶sion (?), n. The act of appending. [Obs.]
Ap·perÏceive¶ (?), v. t. [F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.] To perceive; to comprehend.
Chaucer.
Ap·perÏcep¶tion (?), n. [Pref. adÏ + perception: cf. F. apperception.] (Metaph.) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.
Leibnitz. Reid.
This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence.
Sir W. Hamilton.
ApÏper¶il (?), n. Peril. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ap·perÏtain¶ (?), 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.
Things appertaining to this life.
Hooker.
Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth.
Lev. vi. 5.
Ap·perÏtain¶ment , n. That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance. [Obs. or R.]
Shak.
ApÏper¶tiÏnance (?), ApÏper¶tiÏnence (?), } n. See Appurtenance.
ApÏper¶tiÏnent (?), a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.]
ÿColeridge.
ApÏper¶tiÏnent, n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.]
Shak.
ApÏpete¶ (?), v. t. [L. appetere: cf. F. app‚ter. See Appetite.] To seek for; to desire. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Ap¶peÏtence (?), n. [Cf. F. app‚tence. See Appetency.] A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
Ap¶peÏtenÏcy (?), n.; pl. Appetencies (?). [L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.] 1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
They had a strong appetency for reading.
Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.
E. Darwin.
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; Ð used of inanimate objects.
Ap¶peÏtent (?), a. [L. appetens, p. pr. of appetere.] Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.]
Appetent after glory and renown.
Sir G. Buck.
Ap·peÏtiÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. [Cf. F. app‚tibilit‚.] The quality of being desirable.
Bramhall.
Ap¶peÏtiÏble (?), a. [L. appetibilis, fr. appetere: cf. F. app‚tible.] Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
Bramhall.
Ap¶peÏtite (?), n. [OE. appetit, F. app‚tit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for; ad + petere to seek. See Petition, and cf. Appetence.] 1. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
Hooker.
2. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
Men must have appetite before they will eat.
Buckle.
3. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
Jer. Taylor.
To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.
Macaulay.
4. Tendency; appetency. [Obs.]
In all bodies there as an appetite of union.
Bacon.
5. The thing desired. [Obs.]
Power being the natural appetite of princes.
Swift.
µ In old authors, appetite is followed by to or of, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object; as, an appetite for pleasure.
Syn. - Craving; longing; desire; appetency; passion.
Ap·peÏti¶tion (?), n. [L. appetitio: cf. F. app‚tition.] Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.
Holland.
Ap¶peÏti¶tive (?), a. [Cf. F. app‚titif.] Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.
Sir M. Hale.
Ap¶peÏtize (?), v. t. To make hungry; to whet the appetite of.
Sir W. Scott.
Ap¶peÏti·zer (?), n. Something which creates or whets an appetite.
Ap¶peÏti·zing (?), a. [Cf. F. app‚tissant.] Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.
The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing.
Sir W. Scott.
Ap¶peÏti·zing, adv. So as to excite appetite.
Ap¶piÏan (?), a. [L. Appius, Appianus.] Of or pertaining to Appius.
÷ Way, the great paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.
ApÏplaud¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Applauding.] [L. applaudere; ad + plaudere to clash, to clap the hands: cf. F. applaudir. Cf. Explode.] 1. To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
I would applaud thee to the very echo,
That should applaud again.
Shak.
2. To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
By the gods, I do applaud his courage.
Shak.
Syn. - To praise; extol; commend; cry up; magnify; approve. See Praise.
ApÏplaud¶, v. i. To express approbation loudly or significantly.
ApÏplaud¶er (?), n. One who applauds.
ApÏplaus¶aÏble (?), a. Worthy pf applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]
ApÏplause¶ (?), n. [L. applaudere, app?ausum. See Applaud.] The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
The brave man seeks not popular applause.
Dryden.
Syn. - Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation; approval.
ApÏplau¶sive (?), a. [LL. applausivus.] Expressing applause; approbative. Ð ApÏplau¶siveÏly, adv.
Ap¶ple (?), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. ‘ppel, ‘pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. „ple, Dan. ‘ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob?lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
µ The European crab ~ is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung.
2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an ~ tree.
3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the ~; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or appleÐpaper, appleÐshaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
÷ blight, an aphid which injures ~ trees. See Blight, n. Ð ÷ borer (Zo”l.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the ~ tree and pear tree. Ð ÷ brandy, brandy made from apples. Ð ÷ butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Bartlett. Ð ÷ corer, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. Ð ÷ fly (Zo”l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. ÷ flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta. Ð ÷ midge (Zo”l.), a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples. Ð ÷ of the eye, the pupil. Ð ÷ of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden ~, inscribed ½For the fairest,¸ which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. Ð ÷ of love, or Love ~, the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). Ð ÷ of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. Ð Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of air appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom‘um, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. Ð ÷ sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.] Ð ÷ snail or ÷ shell (Zo”l.), a freshÐwater, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria. Ð ÷ tart, a tart containing ~. Ð ÷ tree, a tree naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2. Ð ÷ wine, cider. Ð ÷ wormÿ(Zo”l.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. Ð Dead Sea ~. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. ½To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.¸ S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.
Ap¶ple (?), v. i. To grow like an ~; to bear apples.
Holland.
Ap¶pleÐfaced· (?), a. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. ½AppleÐfaced children.¸
Dickens.
Ap¶pleÐjack· (?), n. Apple brandy. [U.S.]
Ap¶pleÐjoin· , n. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; Ð called also Johnapple.
Shak.
Ap¶ple pie· (?). A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.
AppleÐpie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnove?) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare. Ð AppleÐpie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
Ap¶pleÐsquire· (?), n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
ApÏpli¶aÏble (?), a. [See Apply.] Applicable; also, compliant. [Obs.]
Howell.
ApÏpli¶ance (?), n. 1. The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.
Shak.
2. The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.
Ap·pliÏcaÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏble (?), a. [Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏbleÏness, n. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏbly, adv.
Ap¶pliÏcanÏcy (?), n. The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]
Ap¶pliÏcant (?), n. [L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply.] One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
The applicant for a cup of water.
Plumtre.
The court require the applicant to appear in person.
Z. Swift.
Ap¶pliÏcate (?), a. [L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply.] Applied or put to some use.
Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements.
I. Taylor.
÷ number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. Ð ÷ ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.
Ap¶pliÏcate (?), v. i. To apply. [Obs.]
The act of faith is applicated to the object.
Bp. Pearson.
Ap·pliÏca¶tion (?), n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply.] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
2. The thing applied.
He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
Johnson.
2. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
If a right course… be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
Locke.
4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

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5. Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the ½moral¸ of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry.
6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
7. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress night have been greater.
J. Jay.
8. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
9. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏtiveÏly, adv.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv. By way of application.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏtoÏry, a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. Ð n. That which applies.
ApÏpli¶edÏly (?), adv. By application. [R.]
ApÏpli¶er (?), n. He who, or that which, applies.
ApÏpli¶ment (?), n. Application. [Obs.]
Marston
Ø Ap·pli·qu‚¶ (?; 277), a. [F., fr. appliquer to put on.] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqu‚ lace; appliqu‚ work.
ApÏplot¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting.] [Pref. adÏ + plot.] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
Milton.
ApÏplot¶ment (?), n. Apportionment.
ApÏply¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.] 1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); Ð with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
He said, and the sword his throat applied.
Dryden.
2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
Yet God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
Milton.
4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
Apply thine heart unto instruction.
Prov. xxiii. 12.
5. To direct or address. [R.]
Sacred vows… applied to grisly Pluto.
Pope.
6. To betake; to address; to refer; Ð used reflexively.
I applied myself to him for help.
Johnson.
7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
She was skillful in applying his ½humors.¸
Sir P. Sidney.
8. To visit. [Obs.]
And he applied each place so fast.
Chapman.
Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. Ð Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.
ApÏply¶, v. i. 1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
2. To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.
3. To ply; to move. [R.]
I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.
T. Moore.
4. To ~ or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
Ø ApÏpog·giaÏtu¶ra (?), n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; apÏ (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; Ð generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
ApÏpoint¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See Point.] 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
Prov. viii. 29.
2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
2 Sam. xv. 15.
He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness.
Acts xvii. 31.
Say that the emperor request a parley… and appoint the ??eeting.
Shak.
2. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
Num. iv. 19.
These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Josh. xx. 9.
4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn.
Hayward.
5. To point at by way, or for the purpose? of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
Appoint not heavenly disposition.
Milton.
6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; Ð said of an estate already conveyed.
Burrill. Kent.
To ~ one's self, to resolve. [Obs.]
Crowley.
ApÏpoint¶ (?), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithoph?l.
2 Sam. xvii. 14.
ApÏpoint¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appointed or constituted.
ApÏpointÏee¶ (?), n. [F. appoint‚, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t.] 1. A person appointed.
The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees.
Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768).
2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
Kent. Wharton.
ApÏpoint¶er (?), n. One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
Kent.
ApÏpoint¶ive (?), a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]
ApÏpoint¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. appointement.] 1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
2. The state of being appointed to som? service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
According to the appointment of the priests.
Ezra vi. 9.
5. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a ½power of ~¸) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments.
Prescott.
I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands
Void of appoinment, that thou liest.
Beau. & Fl.
7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; Ð properly only in the plural. [Obs.]
An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary.
Chesterfield.
8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]
Syn. - Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment.
ApÏpointÏor¶ (?), n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
ApÏpor¶ter (?), n. [Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear.] A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
ApÏpor¶tion (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
ApÏpor¶tionÏateÏness (?), n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]
ApÏpor¶tionÏer (?), n. One who apportions.
ApÏpor¶tionÏment (?), n. [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.
A. Hamilton.
ApÏpose¶ (?), v. t. [F. apposer to set to; ? (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
The nymph herself did then appose,
For food and beverage, to him all best meat.
Chapman.
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
ApÏpose¶, v. t. [For oppose. See Oppose.] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.
Tyndale.
ApÏposed¶ (?), a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
ApÏpos¶er (?), n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
Ap¶poÏsite (?), a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; Ð followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. Ð Ap¶poÏsiteÏly, adv. Ð Ap¶poÏsiteÏness, n.
Ap·poÏsi¶tion (?), n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion.
It grows… by the apposition of new matter.
Arbuthnot.
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.
Growth by ~ (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.
Ap·poÏsi¶tionÏal (?), a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
Ellicott.
ApÏpos¶iÏtive (?), a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. Ð n. A noun in apposition. Ð ApÏpos¶iÏtiveÏly, adv.
Appositive to the words going immediately before.
Knatchbull.
ApÏprais¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appraised.
ApÏprais¶al (?), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
ApÏpraise¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. adÏ + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
2. To estimate; to conjecture.
Enoch… appraised his weight.
Tennyson.
3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.]
R. Browning.
Appraised the Lycian custom.
Tennyson.
µ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.
ApÏpraise¶ment (?), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizement.] The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.
ApÏprais¶er (?), n. [See Appraise, Apprizer.] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
Ap·preÏca¶tion , n. [L. apprecari to pray to; ad + precari to pray, prex, precis, prayer.] Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.]
A solemn apprecation of good success.
Bp. Hall.
Ap¶preÏcaÏtoÏry (?), a. Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]½Apprecatory benedictions.¸
Bp. Hall.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏble (?), a. [Cf. F. appr‚ciable.] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏbly, adv.
ApÏpre¶ciÏant (?), a. Appreciative. [R.]
ApÏpre¶ciÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise.] 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
To appreciate the motives of their enemies.
Gibbon.
2. To recognize the worth of; to esteem highly; as, I am afraid you do not appreciate my friend.
3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; Ð opposed to depreciate. [U.S.]
Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money.
Ramsay.
4. To be sensible of; to distinguish.
To test the power of b??s to appreciate color.
Lubbock.
Syn. - To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem. Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. ½Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;¸ and another remarks, ½It is difficult to appreciate the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using.¸ So, also, we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly appreciable. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, ½It requires a pe??liar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;¸ ½He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;¸ ½The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright.¸ Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an ½ominous silence¸ which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, ½If you knew now to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition.¸ In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, ½I trust you will appreciate my motives in this request.¸ Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence.
ApÏpre¶ciÏate, v. i. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
J. Morse.
ApÏpre¶ciÏa·tingÏly (?), adv. In an appreciating manner; with appreciation.
ApÏpre·ciÏa¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. appr‚ciation.] 1. A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
2. Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.
J. R. Green.
3. A rise in value; Ð opposed to depreciation.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtive (?), a. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtiveÏly, adv.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtiveÏness, n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.
ApÏpre¶ciÏa·tor (?), n. One who appreciates.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtoÏry (?), a. Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv.

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Ap·preÏhend¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + Ïhendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. ? to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr‚hender. See Prehensile, Get.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]
We have two hands to apprehended it.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.
Fuller.
The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.
Gladstone.
4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]
G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how.
Beau. & Fl.
5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence.
Macaulay.

Syn. - To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. Ð To Apprehend, Comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. ½We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.¸
Trench.
Ap·preÏhend¶, v. i. 1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
2. To be apprehensive; to fear.
It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.
Rowe.
Ap·preÏhend¶er (?), n. One who apprehends.
Ap·preÏhen·siÏbi¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being apprehensible. [R.]
De Quincey.
Ap·preÏhen¶siÏble (?), a. [L. apprehensibilis. See Apprehend.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. ½Apprehensible by faith.¸ Bp. Hall. Ð Ap·ÏpreÏhen¶siÏbly, adv.
Ap·preÏhen¶sion (?), n. [L. apprehensio: cf. F. appr‚hension. See Apprehend.] 1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
Sir T. Browne.
2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object.
Glanvill.
4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
µ In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue.
To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension.
South.
5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life.
Addison.
Syn. - Apprehension, Alarm. Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and transient.
Ap·preÏhen¶sive (?), a. [Cf. F. appr‚hensif. See Apprehend.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive… friend, is listening to our talk.
Hawthorne.
2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]
A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
Judgment… is implied in every apprehensive act.
Sir W. Hamilton.
4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
Tillotson.
Reformers… apprehensive for their lives.
Gladstone.
5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.
Milton.
Ap·preÏhen¶siveÏly, adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Ap·preÏhen¶siveÏness, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive.
ApÏpren¶tice (?), n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice.] 1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.]
Blackstone.
ApÏpren¶tice , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprenticed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing .] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
ApÏpre¶ticeÏage , n. [F. apprentissage.] Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
ApÏpren¶ticeÏhood, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
ApÏpren¶ticeÏship, n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twentyÐone).
ApÏpressed¶, ApÏprest¶ } , a. [p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.] (Bot.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,
Gray.
ApÏprise¶ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprising.] [ F. appris, fem. apprise, p. p. apprendre to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. Apprehend, Apprentice.] To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; Ð followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
ApÏprise¶, n. Notice; information. [Obs.]
Gower.
ApÏpriz¶al , n. See Appraisal.
ApÏprize¶ , v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.] To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
ApÏprize¶ment , n. Appraisement.
ApÏpriz¶er , n. 1. An appraiser.
2. (Scots Law) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.
Sir W. Scott.
ApÏproach¶ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.] 1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw ?igh; to advance nearer.
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
2 Sam. xi. 20.
But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Heb. x. 25.
2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
ApÏproach¶, v. t. 1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic]
Boyle.
2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
Temple.
3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
ApÏproach¶, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.] 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. ½The approach of summer.¸
Horsley.
A nearer approach to the human type.
Owen.
2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
The approach to kings and principal persons.
Bacon.
3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Macaulay.
5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
6. (Hort.) See Approaching.
ApÏproach·aÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness.
ApÏproach¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.
ApÏproach¶aÏbleÏness, n. The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
ApÏproah¶er (?), n. One who approaches.
ApÏproach¶ing, n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; Ð called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.
ApÏproach¶less, a. Impossible to be approached.
ApÏproach¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. approachement.] Approach. [Archaic]
Holland.
Ap¶proÏbate (?), a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.]
Elyot.
Ap¶proÏbate (?), v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.
µ This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house.
Pickering (1816).
Ap·proÏba¶tion (?), n. [L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Many… joined in a loud hum of approbation.
Macaulay.
The silent approbation of one's own breast.
Melmoth.
Animals… love approbation or praise.
Darwin.
3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]
This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation.
Shak.
Syn. - Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. Ð Approbation, Approval. Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. ½We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.¸ ½He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.¸ ½The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.¸
Ap¶proÏbaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. approbatif.] Approving, or implying approbation.
Milner.
Ap¶proÏbaÏtiveÏness, n. 1. The quality of being approbative.
2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.
Ap¶proÏba·tor (?), n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]
Ap¶proÏba·toÏry (?), a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.
Sheldon.
ApÏpromt¶ (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]
To appromt our invention.
Bacon.
ApÏproof¶ (?), n. [See Approve, and Proof.] 1. Trial; proof. [Archaic]
Shak.
2. Approval; commendation.
Shak.
Ap·proÏpin¶quate (?), v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic]
Ld. Lytton.
Ap·proÏpinÏqua¶tion (?), n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.]
Bp. Hall.
Ap·proÏpin¶quiÏty (?), n. [Pref. adÏ + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.]
J. Gregory.
ApÏpro¶pre (?), v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. [Obs.]
Fuller.
ApÏpro¶priÏaÏble (?), a. [See Appropriate.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.
Sir T. Browne.
ApÏpro¶priÏaÏment (?), n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.[Obs.]
If you can neglect
Your own appropriaments.
Ford.
ApÏpro¶priÏate (?), a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
In its strict and appropriate meaning.
Porteus.
Appropriate acts of divine worship.
Stillingfleet.
It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas.
Locke.
ApÏpro¶priÏat? (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appropriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appropriating (?).] 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; Ð with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic]
Paley.
4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
Blackstone.
ApÏpro¶priÏate (?), n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]
ApÏpro¶priÏateÏly, adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
ApÏpro¶priÏateÏness, n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
Froude.
ApÏpro·priÏa¶tion (?), n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.] 1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation.
Macaulay.
3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone. (b) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
Chitty.
ApÏpro¶priÏaÏtive (?), a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. Ð ApÏpro¶priÏaÏtiveÏness, n.
ApÏpro¶priÏa·tor (?), n. 1. One who appropriates.
2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.
Blackstone.
ApÏprov¶aÏble (?), a. Worthy o? be?? approved; meritorious. Ð ApÏprov¶aÏbleÏness, n.
ApÏprov¶al (?), n. Approbation; sanction.
A censor… without whose approval n? capital sentences are to be executed.
Temple.
Syn. - See Approbation.
ApÏprov¶ance (?), n. Approval. [Archaic]
A parents… deign approvance.
Thomson.
ApÏprove¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to ~, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, ~, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve
First thy obedience.
Milton.
2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
Opportunities to approve… worth.
Emerson.
He had approved himself a great warrior.
Macaulay.
'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
Byron.
His account… approves him a man of thought.
Parkman.
3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a courtÐmartial.
4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
Rog???.
µ This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of.
They had not approved of the deposition of James.
Macaulay.
They approved of the political institutions.
W. Black.
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