2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.

An`thro*po*mor"phist (&?;), n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

An`thro*po*mor"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`thro*po*mor*phit"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) to anthropomorphism. Kitto.

An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism (&?;), n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.

An`thro*po*mor"phize (&?;), v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to.

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing.

Lowell.

An`thro*po*mor*phol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism.] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

An`thro*po*mor"pho*sis (&?;), n. Transformation into the form of a human being.

An`thro*po*mor"phous (&?;), a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. "Anthropomorphous apes." Darwin.

{ An`thro*po*path"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*path"ic*al (&?;), } a. Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] -- An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv.

The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening.

H. Rogers.

{ An`thro*pop"a*thism (&?;), An`thro*pop"a*thy (&?;), } 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.

||An`thro*poph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &?; eating men; &?; man + + &?; to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak.

{ An`thro*po*phag"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*phag"ic*al (&?;), } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.

An`thro*poph`a*gin"i*an (&?;), n. One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak.

An`thro*poph"a*gite (&?;), n. A cannibal. W. Taylor.

An`thro*poph"a*gous (&?;), a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

An`thro*poph"a*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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An`thro*poph"u*ism (n`thr*pf"*z'm), n. [Gr. 'anqrwpofyh`s of man's nature; 'a`nqrwpos a man + fyh` nature.] Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.

An`thro*pos"co*py (-ps"k*p), n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -scopy.] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

An`thro*pos"o*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; wisdom, knowledge.] Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

An`thro*po*tom"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

An`thro*pot"o*mist (&?;), n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.

An`thro*pot"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; a cutting.] The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.

Ant`hyp*not"ic (&?;). See Antihypnotic.

Ant`hyp*o*chon"dri*ac (&?;), a. & n. See Antihypochondriac.

Ant`hys*ter"ic (&?;), a. & n. See Antihysteric.

An"ti (&?;). [Gr. &?; against. See Ante.] A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

||An"ti*æ (&?;), n. pl. [L., forelock.] (Zoöl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

An`ti*al*bu"mid (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + -albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

An`ti*al"bu*mose` (&?;), n. (Physiol.) See Albumose.

An`ti-A*mer"i*can (&?;), a. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

An`ti*aph`ro*dis"i*ac (&?;), a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac.

An`ti*ap`o*plec"tic (&?;), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic.

An"ti*ar (&?;), n. [Jav. antjar.] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

An`ti*a*rin (&?;), n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

An`ti*asth*mat"ic (&?;), a. & n. Same as Antasthmatic.

An`ti*at*tri"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.

||An`ti*bac*chi"us (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; + &?;. See Bacchius.] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).

An`ti*bil"lous (&?;), a. Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

An`ti*brach"i*al (&?;), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

||An`ti*brach"i*um (&?;), n. [NL.] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

An`ti*bro"mic (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; a stink.] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer.

An`ti*burgh"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. [Obs.] "Lords of antic fame." Phaer.

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