An`i*mos"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Animosities (&?;). [F. animosité, 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. -- 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] as naturally conduce to inflame hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.
Spectator.
[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government.
Hume.
An"i*mus (&?;), n.; pl. Animi (&?;). [L., mind.] Animating spirit; intention; temper.
nimus furandi [L.] (Law), intention of stealing.
An"i*on (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, neut. &?;, p. pr. of &?; to go up; &?; up + &?; to go.] (Chem.) An electro- negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation. Faraday.
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An"ise (n"s), n. [OE. anys, F. anis, L. anisum, anethum, fr. Gr. 'a`nison, 'a`nhqon.] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.