ANA, [=a]'na, a suffix to names of persons or places, denoting a collection
of memorable sayings, items of gossip, or miscellaneous facts, as
_Johnsoniana_, _Tunbrigiana_, &c.: applied also to the literature of some
special subject, as _Boxiana_, _Burnsiana_, _Shakespeariana_.--_n.pl._
specially a collection of the table-talk of some one. [The neut. pl.
termination of L. adjectives in _-anus_ = pertaining to.]
ANABAPTIST, an-a-bapt'ist, _n._ one who holds that baptism ought to be
administered only to adults (by immersion), and therefore that those
baptised in infancy ought to be baptised again.--The name is disclaimed by
recent opponents of infant baptism both in England and the
Continent.--_v.i._ ANABAP'TISE.--_n._ ANABAPT'ISM.--_adj._ ANABAPTIST'IC.
[Gr. _ana_, again, _baptiz-ein_, to dip in water, to baptise.]
ANABASIS, an-ab'a-sis, _n._ a military advance into the interior of a
country--specially the title of the famous story of the unfortunate
expedition of Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes, and of the
retreat of his 10,000 Greek allies under the conduct of Xenophon. [Gr.;
made up of _ana_, up, and _bain-ein_, to go.]
ANABLEPS, an'a-bleps, _n._ a genus of bony fishes with open air-bladders,
and projecting eyes divided into an upper and lower portion, so that each
eye has two pupils. [Gr. _anablepsis_, 'a looking up.']
ANABOLISM, an-ab'ol-izm, _n._ the constructive processes within the
protoplasm, by which food or other material, at a relatively low level,
passes through an ascending series of ever more complex and unstable
combinations, till it is finally worked up into living matter. [Gr.
_anabol[=e]_, 'rising up.']
ANACANTHOUS, an-a-kan'thus, _adj._ without spine. [Gr. _an-_, without,
_akantha_, spine.]
ANACARD, an'a-kard, _n._ the cashew-nut, the fruit of the _Anacardium
occidentale_. [Gr., made up of _ana_, according to, and _kardia_, heart,
from the shape of the fruit.]
ANACATHARSIS, an-a-kath-ar'sis, _n._ vomiting or expectoration.--_n._
ANACATHAR'TIC, a medicine with this effect--expectorants, emetics,
sternutatorics, &c. [Gr.; made up of _ana_, up, and _kathair-ein_, to
cleanse.]
ANACHARIS, an-ak'ar-is, _n._ a North American weed found in ponds and slow
streams, which was first found in Britain in 1842, and is now very
troublesome in the Trent, Derwent, and other rivers. [Made up of Gr. _ana_,
up, and _charis_, grace.]
ANACHORISM, a-nak'[=o]-rizm, _n._ (_rare_) something incongruous with the
spirit of the country. [Coined on the analogy of _anachronism_, from Gr.
_ana_, back, and _ch[=o]rion_, country, with suff. _ism_.]
ANACHRONISM, an-a'kron-izm, _n._ an error in regard to time, whereby a
thing is assigned to an earlier or to a later age than it belongs to:
anything out of keeping with the time.--_v.t._ ANA'CHRONISE.--_n._
ANA'CHRONIST.--_adjs._ ANACHRONIST'IC, ANA'CHRONOUS.--_adv._
ANA'CHRONOUSLY. [Gr. _ana_, backwards, _chronos_, time.]
ANACLASTIC, an-a-klas'tik, _adj._ pertaining to refraction: bending back.
[Gr. _ana_, back, _klaein_, break off.]
ANACOLUTHON, an-a-ko-l[=u]'thon, _n._ want of sequence in the construction
of a sentence, when the latter part does not grammatically correspond with
the former: a sentence exhibiting an ANACOLUTHIA, or the passing from one
construction to another before the former is completed. [Gr.
_anakolouthos_--_a_, _an_, neg., and _akolouthos_, following.]
ANACONDA, an-a-kon'da, _n._ a large South American water-snake of the
Python family, closely related to the boa-constrictor. [Singhalese (?).]
ANACREONTIC, an-a-kre-ont'ik, _adj._ after the manner of the Greek poet
Anacreon: free, convivial, erotic.--_n._ a poem in this vein.--_adv._
ANACREONT'ICALLY.
ANACRUSIS, an-a-kr[=oo]'sis, _n._ (_pros._) an upward beat at the beginning
of a verse, consisting of one or two unaccented syllables introductory to
the just rhythm. [Gr. from _ana_, up, _krou-ein_, to strike.]
ANADEM, an'a-dem, _n._ a band or fillet bound round the head: a wreath or
chaplet of flowers. [Gr. _anad[=e]ma_--_ana_, up, and _de-ein_, to bind.]
ANADROMOUS, an-ad'r[=o]-mus, _adj._ ascending rivers to spawn. [Gr. _ana_,
up, _dromos_, running.]
ANÆMIA, an-[=e]m'i-a, _n._ a term employed to denote those conditions in
which there is a deficiency of blood or of its red corpuscles: lack or
poverty of blood marked by paleness and languor.--_adj._ ANÆM'IC. [Gr.;
made up of _an_, neg., _haima_, blood.]
ANAEROBIA, an-[=a]-[.e]r-[=o]'bi-a, _n.pl._ (_biol._) bacteria which
flourish without free oxygen.--_adj._ ANAER[=O]'BIC.
ANÆSTHETIC, an-[=e]s-thet'ik, _adj._ producing insensibility to external
impressions.--_n._ a substance, as chloroform or cocaine, that produces
insensibility, whether general or local.--_ns._ ANÆSTH[=E]'SIA,
ANÆSTH[=E]'SIS, loss of feeling, insensibility.--_adv._
ANÆSTHET'ICALLY.--_v.t._ ANÆS'THETISE. [Gr. _a_, _an_, neg.,
_aisth[=e]sis_, sensation--_aisthanomai_, to feel.]
ANAGLYPH, an'a-glif, _n._ an ornament carved in low relief.--_adj._
ANAGLYPT'IC. [Gr.; _ana_, up, _glyph-ein_, to carve.]
ANAGLYPTOGRAPHY, an-a-glip-tog'ra-fi, _n._ the art of engraving so as to
give the subject the appearance of being raised from the surface of the
paper as if embossed--used in representing coins, &c. [Gr. _anaglyptos_,
embossed, and _graphia_, writing.]
ANAGOGY, an'a-goj-i, _n._ the mystical interpretation or hidden sense of
words.--_adjs._ ANAGOG'IC, ANAGOG'ICAL.--_adv._ ANAGOG'ICALLY. [Gr.
_anag[=o]g[=e]_, elevation, _an-ag-ein_, to lift up.]
ANAGRAM, an'a-gram, _n._ a word or sentence formed by rewriting (in a
different order) the letters of another word or sentence: as, 'live' =
'evil,' 'Quid est veritas? = 'Est vir qui adest,' and 'Florence
Nightingale' = 'Flit on, cheering angel.'--Many pseudonyms are merely
anagrams, as 'Voltaire' = 'Arouet l. i.'--that is, 'Arouet le jeune (the
younger).'--_adjs._ ANAGRAMMAT'IC, ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL.--_adv._
ANAGRAMMAT'ICALLY.--_v.t._ ANAGRAM'MAT[=I]SE, to transpose, so as to form
an anagram.--_ns._ ANAGRAM'MATISM, the practice of making anagrams;
ANAGRAM'MATIST, a maker of anagrams. [Gr. _ana_, again, _graph-ein_, to
write.]
ANAGRAPH, an'a-graf, _n._ a catalogue or inventory: a description. [Gr.
_anagraph[=e]_--_ana_, up, out, _graph-ein_, to write.]
ANAL, [=a]n'al, _adj._ pertaining to or near the anus.
ANALECTS, an'a-lekts, _n.pl._ collections of literary fragments--also
ANALEC'TA.--_adj._ ANALEC'TIC. [Gr. _analektos_--_analegein_, to
collect--_ana_, up, _legein_, to gather.]
ANALEPTIC, an-a-lep'tik, _adj._ restorative: comforting. [Gr.
_anal[=e]ptikos_, restorative--_anal[=e]psis_, recovery--_ana_, up, and
_lamban[=o]_, _l[=e]psomai_, to take.]
ANALGESIA, an-al-j[=e]'zi-a, _n._ painlessness, insensibility to pain. [Gr.
_an-_, priv., and _algein_, to feel pain.]
ANALOGY, an-al'o-ji, _n._ an agreement or correspondence in certain
respects between things otherwise different--a resemblance of relations, as
in the phrase, 'Knowledge is to the mind what light is to the eye:'
relation in general: likeness: (_geom._) proportion or the equality of
ratios: (_gram._) the correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of
a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are
ordinarily formed: similarity of derivative or inflectional
processes.--_adjs._ ANALOG'ICAL, ANAL'OGIC.--_adv._ ANALOG'ICALLY.--_v.t._
ANAL'OGISE, to explain or consider by analogy:--_pr.p._ anal'og[=i]sing;
_pa.p._ anal'og[=i]sed.--_ns._ ANAL'OGISM (_obs._), investigation by
analogy: argument from cause to effect; ANAL'OGIST, one who adheres to
analogy; ANAL'OGON = analogue.--_adj._ ANAL'OGOUS, having analogy: bearing
some correspondence with or resemblance to: similar in certain
circumstances or relations (with _to_).--_adv._ ANAL'OGOUSLY.--_ns._
ANAL'OGOUSNESS; AN'ALOGUE, a word or body bearing analogy to, or
resembling, another: (_biol._) a term used to denote physiological,
independent of morphological resemblance.--Organs are _analogous_ to one
another, or are _analogues_, when they perform the same function, though
they may be altogether different in structure; as the wings of a bird and
the wings of an insect. Again, organs are _homologous_, or _homologues_,
when they are constructed on the same plan, undergo a similar development,
and bear the same relative position, and this independent of either form or
function. Thus the arms of a man and the wings of a bird are homologues of
one another, while the wing of a bird and the wing of a bat are both
analogous and homologous. [Gr. _ana_, according to, and _logos_, ratio.]
ANALPHABETE, an-al'fa-b[=e]t, _n._ and _adj._ one who does not know his
alphabet, an illiterate.--_adj._ ANALPHABET'IC. [Gr. _an_, neg., and
ALPHABET.]
ANALYSIS, an-al'is-is, _n._ a resolving or separating a thing into its
elements or component parts--the tracing of things to their source, and so
discovering the general principles underlying individual phenomena. Its
converse is _synthesis_, the explanation of certain phenomena by means of
principles which are for this purpose assumed as established. Analysis as
the resolution of our experience into its original elements, is an
artificial separation; while synthesis is an artificial reconstruction:
(_gram._) the arrangement into its logical and grammatical elements of a
sentence or part of a sentence:--_pl._ ANAL'YSES.--_adj._
ANALYS'ABLE.--_n._ ANALYS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ AN'ALYSE, to resolve a whole
into its elements: to separate into component parts.--_n._ AN'ALYST, one
skilled in analysis, esp. chemical analysis.--_adjs._ ANALYT'IC, -AL,
pertaining to analysis: resolving into first principles.--_adv._
ANALYT'ICALLY.--_n.pl._ ANALYT'ICS, the name given by Aristotle to his
treatises on logic.--ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY, geometry treated by means of
ordinary algebra, with a reference, direct or indirect, to a system of
co-ordinates; ANALYTIC METHOD (_logic_) proceeds regressively or
inductively to the recognition of general principles, as opposed to the
_Synthetic_ method, which advances from principles to particulars. [Gr.
_analysis_, _analy-ein_, to unloose, _ana_, up, _ly-ein_, to loose.]
ANAMNESIS, an-am-n[=e]s'is, _n._ the recalling of things past to memory:
the recollection of the Platonic pre-existence: the history of his illness
given by the patient to his physician. [Gr.]
ANAMORPHOSIS, an-a-mor'fo-sis, _n._ a figure, appearing from one view-point
irregular or deformed, but from another regular and in proportion: (_bot._)
a gradual transformation, or an abnormal development of any part.--_adj._
ANAMOR'PHOUS. [Gr.; _ana_, back, _morph[=o]sis_, a shaping--_morph[=e]_,
shape.]
ANANAS, an-an'as, _n._ the pine-apple: the West Indian penguin.--Also
ANAN'A. [Peruvian.]
ANANDROUS, an-an'drus, _adj._ without stamens, or male organs, applied to
female flowers. [Gr. _an_, neg., and _an[=e]r_, _andros_, a man.]
ANANTHEROUS, an-an'th[.e]r-us, _adj._ without anthers. [Gr. _an_, neg., and
ANTHER.]
ANANTHOUS, an-an'thus, _adj._ without flowers. [Gr. _an_, neg., and
_anthos_, a flower.]
ANAPÆST, ANAPEST, an'a-pest, _n._ (in verse) a foot consisting of three
syllables, two short and the third long, or (in Eng.) two unaccented and
the third accented, as _colonnadé_--a familiar example of a poem in this
metre is Byron's _Destruction of Sennacherib_.--_adjs._ ANAPÆS'TIC, -AL.
[Gr. _anapaistos_, reversed, because it is the dactyl reversed.]
ANAPHORA, an'af-or-a, _n._ (_rhet._) the repetition of the same word or
phrase in several successive clauses, as in 1 Cor. i. 20. [Gr.; _ana_,
back, _pher-ein_, to bear.]
ANAPHRODISIAC, an-af-r[=o]-diz'i-ak, _adj._ and _n._ tending to diminish
sexual desire, or a drug supposed to have that effect. [Fr. _an_, neg., and
adj. from APHRODITE.]
ANAPLASTY, an'a-plas-ti, _n._ the reparation of superficial lesions by the
use of adjacent healthy tissue, as by transplanting a portion of
skin.--_adj._ AN'APLASTIC. [Gr.; that may be formed anew, _ana_, again,
_plass-ein_, to form.]
ANAPLEROSIS, an'a-pl[=e]-r[=o]'sis, _n._ the filling up of a deficiency,
esp. in medicine: the filling up of parts that have been destroyed, as in
wounds, cicatrices, &c.--_adj._ ANAPLEROT'IC. [Gr.; from _ana_, up, and
_pl[=e]ro-ein_, to fill up.]
ANAPTOTIC, an-ap-tot'ik, _adj._ (_philol._) again uninflected--a term
sometimes applied to languages which have lost most of their inflections
through phonetic decay. [Gr. _ana_, again, _apt[=o]tos_, without case,
indeclinable, _apt[=o]s_, _-[=o]tos_, not falling, _pipt-ein_, to fall.]
ANARCHY, an'ark-i, _n._ the want of government in a state: political
confusion: conflict of opinion.--_adjs._ ANARCH'AL (_rare_); ANARCH'IC,
ANARCH'ICAL.--_v.t._ ANARCH'ISE.--_ns._ AN'ARCHISM, anarchy: the negation
of government--the name adopted by a phase of revolutionary socialism
associated with the names of Proudhon and Bakunin. Their ideal of society
was of one without government of any kind, when every man should be a law
unto himself; AN'ARCHIST, AN'ARCH, one who promotes anarchy. [Gr. _a_,
_an_, neg., _arch[=e]_, government.]
ANARTHROUS, an-är'thrus, _adj._ without the article, of Greek nouns:
(_entom._) having neither wings nor legs.--_adv._ ANAR'THROUSLY. [Gr. _an_,
neg., _arthron_, a joint, the article.]
ANASTATIC, an-a-stat'ik, _adj._ furnished with characters standing up, or
raised in relief--esp. of the anastatic printing process, in which copies
of drawings are printed from fac-similes produced in relief on zinc plates.
[Gr. _anastatikos_--_ana_, up, _statikos_, causing to stand--_hist[=e]mi_,
to make to stand.]
ANASTOMOSIS, an-as-to-m[=o]'sis, _n._ the union or intercommunication of
vessels with each other, as seen in the junction of the branches of the
arteries.--_v.i._ ANAS'TOMOSE, to communicate in such a way.--_adj._
ANASTOMOT'IC.
ANASTROPHE, an-as'tro-fi, _n._ an inversion of the natural order of words,
as 'Loud roared the thunder,' for 'The thunder roared,' &c. [Gr.; _ana_,
back, and _streph-ein_, to turn.]
ANATHEMA, an-ath'em-a, _n._ a solemn ecclesiastical curse or denunciation
involving excommunication: any person or thing anathematised: generally,
any imprecation or expression of execration.--_n._
ANATHEMATIS[=A]'TION--_v.t._ ANATH'EMATISE, to pronounce
accursed.--ANATHEMA MARAN[=A]THA, as in 1 Cor. xvi. 22; _maranatha_ (Syr.
_m[=a]ran eth[=a]_, 'our Lord hath come') is properly a mere solemn formula
of confirmation, like _Amen_, having no other connection with the
antecedent _anathema_--it is so printed in the Revised Version.--It seems
to have been used by the early Christians as a kind of watchword of mutual
encouragement and hope. So the words in 1 Cor. xvi. 22 are nearly
equivalent to the similar expressions in Phil. iv. 5; Rev. xxii. 20. [The
classical Gr. _anath[=e]ma_ meant a votive offering set up in a temple,
_ana_, up, _tithenai_, to place; the _anath[)e]ma_ of the Septuagint and
New Testament meant something specially devoted to evil, as in Rom. ix. 3.]
ANATOMY, an-a'tom-i, _n._ the art of dissecting any organised body: science
of the structure of the body learned by dissection: a skeleton, a
shrivelled and shrunken body, a mummy: (_fig._) the lifeless form or shadow
of anything: humorously for the body generally: the detailed analysis of
anything, as in Burton's famous treatise, _The Anatomy of
Melancholy_.--_adjs._ ANATOM'IC, -AL, relating to anatomy.--_adv._
ANATOM'ICALLY.--_v.t._ ANAT'OMISE, to dissect a body: (_fig._) to lay open
minutely.--_n._ ANAT'OMIST, one skilled in anatomy. [Gr. _ana_, up,
asunder, _temnein_, to cut.]
ANATOPISM, an-at'op-izm, _n._ (_rare_--_Coleridge_) a faulty arrangement.
[Gr. _ana_, up, _topos_, a place.]
ANATTA, an-at'ta, _n._ the reddish pulp surrounding the seeds of the _Bixa
orellana_, a medium-sized tree growing in Guiana and elsewhere. It yields a
dye which gives a bright orange tint to cloth, and is much used to add
colour to butter and cheese.--Also ANAT'TO, ANNAT'TO, ARNOT'TO. [Supposed
to be a native Amer. word.]
ANBURY, an'b[.e]r-i, _n._ a disease in turnips, produced by one of the
slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation. It is often
confounded with _Finger-and-toe_ (_dactylorhiza_), which is rather a
degeneration of the plant than a disease, the bulb branching out into a
number of taproots, while the skin remains unbroken. Anbury causes a
scabbed and broken skin, and tubercular growths on the roots and at the
base of the bulb. [Often explained as a disguised form of A.S. _ampre_, a
crooked swelling vein; more probably, a variant of _anbury_ = _angberry_,
A.S. _ang-_, pain, as in _ang-nail_.]
ANCESTOR, an'ses-tur, _n._ one from whom a person has descended: a
forefather:--_fem._ AN'CESTRESS.--_adj._ ANCES'TRAL.--_ns._
AN'CESTOR-WOR'SHIP, the chief element in the religion of China and other
countries--erroneously supposed by Herbert Spencer to be the foundation of
all religion; AN'CESTRY, a line of ancestors: lineage. [O. Fr.
_ancestre_--L. _antecessor_--_ante_, before, _ced[)e]re_, _cessum_, to go.]
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ANCHOR, ang'kor, _n._ an implement for retaining a ship in a particular
spot by temporarily chaining it to the bed of a sea or river. The most
common form has two flukes, one or other of which enters the ground, and so
gives hold; but many modifications are used, some with movable arms, some
self-canting.--Anchors are distinguished as the _starboard_ and _port
bowers_, _sheet_, _spare_, _stream_, _kedge_, and _grapnel_, or _boat
anchors_: (_fig._) anything that gives stability or security.--_v.t._ to
fix by an anchor: to fasten.--_v.i._ to cast anchor: to stop, or rest
on.--_ns._ ANCH'ORAGE, the act of anchoring: the place where a ship anchors
or can anchor: (_Shak._) the anchor and all the necessary tackle for
anchoring: a position affording support: (_fig._) anything that gives a
resting-place or support to the mind: duty imposed on ships for anchoring;
ANCH'OR-HOLD, the hold of an anchor upon the ground: (_fig._)
security.--_adj._ ANCH'ORLESS, without such: unstable.--_n._
MUSHROOM-ANCHOR, an anchor with a saucer-shaped head on a central shank,
used for mooring.--AT ANCHOR, anchored.--TO CAST ANCHOR, to let down the
anchor, to take up a position; TO WEIGH ANCHOR, to take up the anchor so as
to be able to sail away. [A.S. _ancor_--L. _ancora_--Gr. _angkyra_,
_angkos_, a bend. Conn. with ANGLE.]
ANCHORET, ang'kor-et, ANCHORITE, ang'kor-[=i]t, _n._ one who has withdrawn
from the world, especially for religious reasons: a hermit.--The form
ANACH'ORET occurs in many books on church history for the recluses of the
East in the early history of the church.--_ns._ ANCH'OR (_Shak._), an
anchorite--earlier still also an anchoress, as in the book-title _Ancren
Riwle_, the 'Rule of Nuns;' ANCH'ORAGE, the retreat of a hermit;
ANCH'ORESS, a female anchorite: a nun--also ANC'RESS, ANK'RESS,
ANCH'ORITESS.--_adjs._ ANCH'ORETIC, -AL. [Gr.
_anach[=o]r[=e]t[=e]s_--_ana_, apart, _ch[=o]rein_, to go.]
ANCHOVY, an-ch[=o]'vi, _n._ a small fish of the herring family, much fished
in the Mediterranean for pickling, and for a sauce made from it,
anchovy-paste, &c.--_n._ ANCH[=O]'VY-PEAR, the fruit of a myrtaceous
Jamaica tree, pickled and eaten like the East Indian mango, which it much
resembles in taste. [Sp. and Port. _anchova_; Fr. _anchois_. Of doubtful
etymology. The Basque _anchoa_, _anchua_, has been connected with _antzua_,
dry.]
ANCHYLOSIS, ANKYLOSIS, ang-k[=i]-l[=o]'sis, _n._ the coalescence of two
bones, or the union of the different parts of a bone: stiffness in a joint
through destruction of the articular cartilages, or a thickening and
shortening of the natural fibrous tissues around the joint. [Gr.;
_angkylos_, crooked.]
ANCIENT, [=a]n'shent, _adj._ old: belonging to former times, specifically,
of times prior to the downfall of the western Roman empire (476 A.D.): of
great age or duration: of past times in a general sense: venerable:
antique, old-fashioned.--_n._ an aged man, a patriarch: a superior in age
or dignity.--_adv._ AN'CIENTLY.--_ns._ AN'CIENTNESS; AN'CIENTRY,
ancientness, seniority: ancestry: dignity of birth: (_Shak._) old
people.--_n.pl._ AN'CIENTS, those who lived in remote times, esp. the
Greeks and Romans of classical times: (_B._) elders.--THE ANCIENT OF DAYS,
a title in the Holy Scriptures for the Almighty, applied by Byron to
Athens. [Fr. _ancien_--Low L. _antianus_, old--L. _ante_, before. See
ANTIQUE.]
ANCIENT, [=a]n'shent, _n._ (_obs._) a flag or its bearer: an ensign. [Corr.
of Fr. _enseigne_. See ENSIGN.]
ANCILLARY, an'sil-ar-i, _adj._ subservient, subordinate (with _to_). [L.
_ancilla_, a maid-servant.]
ANCIPITAL, an-sip'i-tal, _adj._ two-headed: double: doubtful: (_bot._)
two-edged and flattened.--Also ANCIP'ITOUS. [L. _anceps_, _ancipit-is_,
double--_an_ for _amb_, on both sides, and _caput_, the head.]
ANCOME, ang'kum, _n._ (_prov._--Scot. _income_) a small inflammatory
swelling, coming on suddenly. [Same as INCOME.]
AND, and, _conj._ signifies addition, or repetition, and is used to connect
words and sentences, to introduce a consequence, &c.--in M. E. (but not
A.S.) it was used for _if_, and often also with added _if_, as in Luke xii.
45. _An_ became common for _and_ in this sense, as often in
Shakespeare.--It sometimes expresses emphatically a difference in quality
between things of the same class, as 'there are friends ... _and_ friends.'
[A.S., and in the other Teut. lang.; prob. allied to L. _ante_, Gr. _anti_,
over against.]
ANDANTE, an-dan'te, _adj._ and _n._ (_mus._) moving with moderate and even
expression: a movement or piece composed in andante time.--_adj._
ANDANTI'NO, of a movement somewhat slower than andante, but sometimes
meaning 'with less of andante' = somewhat quicker.--ANDANTE AFFETTUOSO,
slow but pathetically; ANDANTE CANTABILE, slow, but in a singing style;
ANDANTE CON MOTO, slow, but with emotion; ANDANTE GRAZIOSO, slow, but
gracefully; ANDANTE MAESTOSO, slow, with majesty; ANDANTE NON TROPPO, slow,
but not too much so. [It.--pr.p. of _andare_, to go.]
ANDEAN, an-d[=e]'an, _adj._ of or like the Andes Mountains.
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ANDIRON, and'[=i]-urn, _n._ the iron bars which support the ends of the
logs in a wood fire, or in which a spit turns. [O. Fr. _andier_ (Mod. Fr.
_landier_--_l'andier_); Low. L. _anderius_, _andena_; further ety. dubious,
perhaps ultimately cog. with END. The termination was early confused with
_iron_, hence the spellings _and-iron_, _hand-iron_.]
ANDROCEPHALOUS, an-dro-sef'a-lus, _adj._ having a human head, as a sphinx
or Assyrian bull. [Gr. _an[=e]r_, _andros_, a man, _kephal[=e]_, a head.]
ANDROGYNOUS, an-droj'i-nus, _adj._ having the characteristics of both male
and female in one individual: hermaphrodite: (_bot._) having an
inflorescence of both male and female flowers--also ANDROG'YNAL
(_rare_).--_n._ ANDROG'YNY, hermaphroditism. [Gr.; _an[=e]r_, _andros_, a
man, and _gyn[=e]_, woman.]
ANDROID, an'droid, _n._ an automaton resembling a human being.--Also
ANDR[=O]'IDES.
ANDROMEDA, an-drom'e-da, _n._ a genus of shrubs of the heath family: the
name of a northern constellation. [_Andromeda_, in Greek mythology, a
maiden bound to a rock, and exposed to a sea-monster, but delivered by
Perseus.]
ANE, [=a]n, or yin, Scotch form of ONE.
ANEAL, ANELE, an-[=e]l', _v.t._ to anoint with oil: to administer extreme
unction. [M. E. _anele_, from an A.S. verb compounded of A.S. _on_, on, and
_ele_, oil.]
ANEAR, a-n[=e]r', _adv._ nearly: near.--_prep._ near.--_v.t._ to approach,
to come near to.
ANECDOTE, an'ek-d[=o]t, _n._ an incident of private life: a short
story.--_n._ AN'ECDOTAGE, anecdotes collectively: garrulous old
age.--_adjs._ AN'ECDOTAL, ANECDOT'ICAL, in the form of an anecdote. [Gr.;
'not published'--_a_, _an_, neg., and _ekdotos_, published--_ek_, out, and
_didonai_, to give.]
ANELACE. See ANLACE.
ANELECTROTONUS, an'el-ek-trot'on-us, _n._ (_phys._) the diminished
excitability of a nerve near the anode of an electric current passing
through it.--_adj._ AN'ELEC'TRIC, parting readily with its
electricity.--_n._ a body which readily gives up its electricity.--_n._
ANELEC'TRODE, the positive pole of a galvanic battery.--_adj._
AN'ELECTROT'ONIC. [Gr. _an_, up, _elektron_, amber.]
ANEMOGRAPH, a-nem'[=o]-graf, _n._ an instrument for measuring and recording
the direction and velocity of the wind. [Gr. _anemos_, wind, _graphein_, to
write.]
ANEMOMETER, a-ne-mom'et-[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the
velocity or pressure of the wind.--_adj._ ANEMOMET'RIC.--_n._ ANEMOM'ETRY,
the measurement of the force or velocity of the wind. [Gr. _anemos_, wind,
and METER.]
ANEMONE, a-nem'o-ne, _n._ a plant of the crowfoot family.--_n._
SEA'-ANEM'ONE, a popular name of Actinia and some allied genera of
Actinoza. [Gr. _anem[=o]ne_, said to be from _anemos_, wind, because some
of the species love exposed and wind-swept situations.]
AN-END, an-end', _prep. phrase_, to the end, continuously: upright.--MOST
AN-END, almost always.
ANENT, a-nent', _prep._ and _adv._ in a line with: against: towards: in
regard to, concerning, about. [Mainly prov. Eng. and Scot., M.E.
_anent_--A.S. _on-_ _efen_, 'on even with' (dat.).]
ANEROID, an'e-roid, _adj._ denoting a barometer by which the pressure of
the air is measured without the use of quicksilver or other fluid.--_n._ a
contr. of 'aneroid barometer.' [Fr.--Gr. _a_, neg., _n[=e]ros_, wet.]
ANEURISM, an'[=u]r-izm, _n._ a soft tumour arising from the dilatation of
an artery acting on a part weakened by disease or injury: (_fig._) any
abnormal enlargement--_adjs._ AN'EURISMAL, AN'EURISMATIC. [Gr.
_aneurysma_--_ana_, up, _eurys_, wide.]