ANIL, an'il, _n._ a plant from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made. [Sp.
_anil_; Ar. _an-nil_ for _al-nil_, the indigo plant.]
ANILE, an'[=i]l, _adj._ old womanish: imbecile.--_n._ ANIL'ITY, imbecile
dotage. [L. _anus_, an old woman.]
ANILINE, an'il-in, _n._ a product of coal-tar extensively used in dyeing
and other industrial arts. [Port. _anil_, indigo, from which it was first
obtained.]
ANIMADVERT, an-im-ad-v[.e]rt', _v.i._ to criticise or censure.--_n._
ANIMADVER'SION, criticism, censure, or reproof. [L., to turn the mind
to--_animus_, the mind, _ad_, to, and _vert[)e]re_, to turn.]
ANIMAL, an'im-al, _n._ an organised being, having life, sensation, and
voluntary motion--it is distinguished from a plant, which is organised and
has life, but not sensation or voluntary motion: the name sometimes implies
the absence of the higher faculties peculiar to man.--_adj._ of or
belonging to animals: sensual.--_n._ ANIMALIS[=A]'TION, the act of
converting into animal substance, or of endowing with animal attributes:
brutalisation.--_v.t._ AN'IMALISE, to endow with animal life: to convert
into animal matter:--_pr.p._ an'imal[=i]sing; _pa.p._ an'imal[=i]sed.--_n._
AN'IMALISM, the state of being actuated by animal appetites only: the
exercise or enjoyment of animal life, as distinct from intellectual:
brutishness: sensuality: (_rare_) a mere animal being.--_adv._ AN'IMALLY,
physically merely.--ANIMAL SPIRITS, nervous force: exuberance of health and
life: cheerful buoyancy of temper: (_Milton_) the spirit or principle of
volition and sensation. [L.--_anima_, air, life, Gr. _anemos_,
wind--_a[=o]_, _a[=e]mi_, Sans. _an_, to breathe, to blow.]
ANIMALCULE, an-im-al'k[=u]l, _n._ a small animal, esp. one that cannot be
seen by the naked eye:--_pl._ ANIMAL'CULES, ANIMAL'CULA.--_adj._
ANIMAL'CULAR. [L. _animalculum_, dim. of ANIMAL.]
ANIMATE, an'im-[=a]t, _v.t._ to give life to: to enliven or inspirit: to
actuate.--_adj._ living: possessing animal life.--_adj._ AN'IMATED, lively:
full of spirit: endowed with life.--_adv._ ANIMAT'EDLY.--_p.adj._
AN'IMATING.--_adv._ ANIMAT'INGLY.--_ns._ ANIM[=A]'TION, liveliness: vigour;
AN'IMATOR, he who, or that which, animates. [See ANIMAL.]
ANIME, an'im, _n._ the resin of the West Indian locust-tree--used also for
other gums and resins. [Said to be Fr. _animé_, living, from the number of
insects in it; but perhaps a native name.]
ANIMISM, an'im-izm, _n._ a theory which regards the belief in separate
spiritual existences as the germ of religious ideas. It is adopted by E. B.
Tylor in his _Primitive Culture_ as the minimum definition of religion,
being considered to have arisen simply from the evidence of the senses,
interpreted by the crude and child-like science of the savage: the theory
of Stahl, which regarded the vital principle and the soul as
identical.--_n._ AN'IMIST.--_adj._ AN'IMISTIC. [L. _anima_, the soul.]
ANIMOSITY, an-im-os'i-ti, _n._ bitter hatred: enmity. [L. _animositas_,
fullness of spirit.]
ANIMUS, an'im-us, _n._ intention: actuating spirit: prejudice against. [L.
_animus_, spirit, soul, as distinguished from _anima_, the mere life.]
ANISE, an'is, _n._ an umbelliferous plant, the aromatic seeds of which are
used in making cordials. The anise of Matt. xxiii. 23 (Gr. _an[=e]thon_) is
properly the dill.--_ns._ AN'ISEED; ANISETTE', a cordial or liqueur
prepared from anise seed. [Gr. _anison_.]
ANKER, angk'[.e]r, _n._ a liquid measure used in Northern Europe, formerly
in England, varying considerably--that of Rotterdam having a capacity of 10
old wine gallons, or 8-1/3 imperial gallons. [Dut.]
ANKLE, ANCLE, angk'l, _n._ the joint connecting the foot and leg.--_adj._
ANK'LED, having, or pertaining to ankles.--_n._ ANK'LET, an ornament for
the ankle. [A.S. _ancléow_, cog. with Ger. _enkel_, and conn. with ANGLE.]
ANKYLOSIS. See ANCHYLOSIS.
ANLACE, ANELACE, an'l[=a]s, _n._ a short two-edged knife or dagger,
tapering to a point, formerly worn at the girdle. [Low L. _anelacius_;
perh. the old Welsh _anglas_.]
ANNA, an'a, _n._ an Indian coin worth nominally 1½d sterling, but always
the sixteenth part of a rupee. [Hind. _[=a]n[=a]_.]
ANNALS, an'alz, _n.pl._ records of events under the years in which they
happened: any historical work that follows the order of time in its
narrations, separating them off into single years, as the _Annals_ of
Tacitus: historical records generally: year-books.--_v.t._ ANN'ALISE, to
write annals: to record.--_n._ ANN'ALIST, a writer of annals. [L.
_annales_--_annus_, a year.]
ANNAT, an'at, ANNATE, an'[=a]t, _n._ the first-fruits, or one year's
income, or a specified portion of such, paid to the Pope by a bishop,
abbot, or other ecclesiastic, on his appointment to a new see or benefice.
It was abolished in England in 1534, and next year the right was annexed to
the crown, the fund thus arising being administered for the benefit of the
Church of England, afterwards transferred to the governors of Queen Anne's
Bounty, next to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners: (_Scots law_) the
half-year's stipend payable for the vacant half-year after the death of a
parish minister, to which his family or nearest of kin have right under an
act of 1672. [Low L. _annata_--L. _annus_, a year.]
ANNATTO. See ANATTA.
ANNEAL, an-[=e]l', _v.t._ to temper glass or metals by subjecting them to
great heat and gradual cooling: to heat in order to fix colours on, as
glass.--_n._ ANNEAL'ING. [Pfx. _an-_, and A.S. _ælan_, to burn.]
ANNELIDA, an-el'i-da, _n._ a class of animals comprising the red-blooded
worms, having a long body composed of numerous rings.--_n._ ANN'ELID. [L.
_annellus_, dim. of _annulus_, a ring.]
ANNEX, an-neks', _v.t._ to add to the end: to join or attach: to take
permanent possession of additional territory: to affix: append (with
_to_).--_n._ something added: a supplementary building--often with the Fr.
spelling _annexe_.--_n._ ANNEX[=A]'TION, act of annexing.--_n._ and _adj._
ANNEX[=A]'TIONIST.--_ns._ ANNEX'ION, ANNEX'MENT (_Shak._), addition: the
thing annexed. [Fr. _annexer_--L. _annex-um_, _annect[)e]re_: _ad_, to,
_nect-[)e]re_, to tie.]
ANNIHILATE, an-n[=i]'hil-[=a]t, _v.t._ to reduce to nothing: to put out of
existence: to render null and void, to abrogate.--_ns._ ANNIHIL[=A]'TION,
state of being reduced to nothing: act of destroying: (_theol._) the
destruction of soul as well as body; ANNIHIL[=A]'TIONISM, the belief that
the soul dies with the body.--_adj._ ANNIHIL[=A]'TIVE.--_n._
ANNIHIL[=A]'TOR, one who annihilates. [L. _annihilatus_, _annihil[=a]re_;
_ad_, to, _nihil_, nothing.]
ANNIVERSARY, an-ni-v[.e]rs'ar-i, _adj._ returning or happening every year:
annual.--_n._ the day of the year on which an event happened or is
celebrated: the celebration proper to such, esp. a mass or religious
service. [L. _anniversarius_; _annus_, a year, and _vert[)e]re_, _versum_,
to turn.]
ANNOTATE, an'not-[=a]t, _v.t._ to make notes upon.--_ns._ AN'NOTATION, a
note of explanation: comment; AN'NOTATOR, a writer of notes, a commentator.
[L. _annot[=a]re_--_ad_, to, _not[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to mark.]
ANNOUNCE, an-nowns', _v.t._ to declare: to give public notice of: to make
known.--_n._ ANNOUNCE'MENT. [O. Fr. _anoncer_--L. _annunti[=a]re_--_ad_,
to, _nunti_, _-[=a]re_, to deliver news.]
ANNOY, an-noi', _v.t._ to trouble: to vex: to tease: to harm, esp. in
military sense:--_pr.p._ annoy'ing; _pa.p._ annoyed'.--_ns._ ANNOY (now
poetic only), ANNOY'ANCE, that which annoys.--_adv._ ANNOY'INGLY. [O. Fr.
_anoier_ (It. _annoiare_); noun, _anoi_ (mod. _ennui_), acc. to Diez from
L. phrase, _in odio_, as in 'est mihi _in odio_' = 'it is to me hateful.']
ANNUAL, an'n[=u]-al, _adj._ yearly: coming every year: requiring to be
renewed every year: performed in a year.--_n._ a plant that lives out one
year: a book published yearly, esp. applied to the sumptuous books, usually
illustrated with good engravings, much in demand in the first half of the
19th century for Christmas, New Year, and birthday presents.--_adv._
AN'NUALLY. [Through Fr. from L. _annualis_--_annus_, a year.]
ANNUITY, an-n[=u]'i-ti, _n._ a payment generally (but not necessarily) of
uniform amount falling due in each year during a given term, such as a
period of years or the life of an individual, the capital sum not being
returnable.--_n._ ANN[=U]'ITANT, one who receives an annuity.--CERTAIN
ANNUITY, one for a fixed term of years, subject to no contingency whatever;
CONTINGENT ANNUITY, one that depends also on the continuance of some
status, as the life of a person whose duration is calculated by the theory
of probabilities. An annuity is usually held payable to the end of each
year survived; but when, in addition, a proportion of the year's annuity is
payable up to the day of death, the annuity is said to be COMPLETE--the
ordinary annuity being sometimes, for distinction, referred to as a CURTATE
ANNUITY. When the first payment is due in advance, the annuity is known as
an ANNUITY DUE; when the first payment is not to be made until the expiry
of a certain number of years, it is called a DEFERRED or REVERSIONARY
ANNUITY.
ANNUL, an-nul', _v.t._ to make null, to reduce to nothing: to
abolish:--_pr.p._ annul'ling; _pa.p._ annulled'.--_n._ ANNUL'MENT, the act
of annulling. [Fr. _annuler_--Low L. _annull[=a]-re_, to make into
nothing--L. _ad-_, to, _nullus_, none.]
ANNULAR, an'n[=u]l-ar, _adj._ ring-shaped.--_adjs._ AN'NULATE, AN'NULATED,
formed or divided into rings.--_ns._ ANNUL[=A]'TION, a ring or belt: a
circular formation; AN'NULET, a little ring: (_archit._) a small flat
fillet, encircling a column, &c., used either by itself or in connection
with other mouldings: (_her._) a little circle borne as a charge on coats
of arms.--_adj._ AN'NULOSE, having rings: composed of rings. [L.
_annularis_; _annulus_ or _anulus_, a ring--dim. of _anus_, a rounding or
ring.]
ANNUNCIATION, an-nun-si-[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of announcing.--_v.t._
ANNUN'CIATE, to proclaim.--_n._ ANNUNCI[=A]'TION-DAY, the anniversary of
the Angel's salutation to the Virgin Mary, the 25th of March, Lady-day.
[See ANNOUNCE.]
ANODE, an'[=o]d, _n._ a term in electrolysis introduced by Faraday to
designate the positive pole, or that surface by which the galvanic current
enters the body undergoing decomposition (_electrolyte_)--as opp. to
_Cathode_, the negative pole. [Gr. _ana_, up, _hodos_, way.]
ANODYNE, an'o-d[=i]n, _n._ a medicine that allays pain, whether acting on
the nerves and nerve terminations (aconite, belladonna, cocaine), on the
brain (chloral, Indian hemp), or on all these parts (opium, bromide of
potassium). [Gr.; _a_, _an_, neg., and _odyn[=e]_, pain.]
ANOINT, an-oint', _v.t._ to smear with ointment or oil: to consecrate with
oil.--_n._ ANOINT'MENT, the act of anointing or state of being
anointed.--THE ANOINTED, the Messiah. [= _an_+_oint_. See OINTMENT.]
ANOMALY, an-om'al-i, _n._ irregularity: deviation from rule: (_astron._)
the angle measured at the sun between a planet in any point of its orbit
and the last perihelion.--_adjs._ ANOMALIST'IC, -AL, anomalous: departing
from established rules: irregular.--_n._ ANOM'ALITE, an irregular
mineral.--_adj._ ANOM'ALOUS, irregular: deviating from rule.--ANOMALISTIC
YEAR, the interval that elapses between two successive passages of the
earth through its perihelion, or point of nearest approach to the sun = 365
days 6 hr. 13 min. 49 sec., being 4 min. 39 sec. longer than the sidereal
year. [Gr. _an[=o]malos_--_a_, _an_, neg., and _homalos_, even--_homos_,
same.]
ANON, an-on', _adv._ in one (instant): immediately.
ANONYMOUS, an-on'im-us, _adj._ wanting a name: not having the name of the
author, as distinguished from _pseudonymous_, when another than his real
name has been given.--_ns._ AN'ONYM, a person whose name is not given: a
pseudonym; ANONYM'ITY, the quality or state of being anonymous.--_adv._
ANON'YMOUSLY. [Gr. _an[=o]nymos_--_a_, _an_, neg., and _onoma_, name.]
ANOTHER, an-u_th_'[.e]r, _adj._ not the same: a different or distinct
(thing or person): one more: a second: one more of the same kind: any
other.--ONE ANOTHER, now used as a compound reciprocal pronoun (of two or
more); ONE WITH ANOTHER, taken all together, taken on the average.--YOU'RE
ANOTHER, the vulgar _Tu quoque_. [Orig. _an other_.]
ANSERINE, an's[.e]r-[=i]n, or -in, _adj._ relating to the goose or
goose-tribe: stupid, silly. [L. _anserinus_, _anser_.]
ANSWER, an's[.e]r, _v.t._ to reply to: to satisfy or solve: to repay: to
suit: to suffer the consequences of.--_v.i._ to reply: to reply favourably:
to act in conformity with, as 'to answer the helm:' to be accountable for
(with _for_): to correspond: to be advantageous to: to turn out well.--_n._
a reply: a solution.--_adj._ AN'SWERABLE, able to be answered: accountable:
suitable: equivalent: proportional (with _to_).--_adv._ AN'SWERABLY.--_n._
AN'SWERER.--_adv._ AN'SWERLESS. [A.S. _andswar-ian_--_andswaru_; _and-_,
against, _swerian_, to swear.]
ANT, ant, _n._ a small insect: the emmet or pismire.--_ns._ ANT'-BEAR, one
of the largest species of the ant-eaters, found in the swampy regions in
Central and Southern America, also called the _Great Ant-eater_; ANT'-COW
(see APHIDES); ANT'-EAT'ER, a genus of edentate South American quadrupeds,
feeding on insects, and chiefly on ants, which they procure by means of
their very long cylindrical tongue covered with a viscid saliva; ANT'-HILL,
the hillock raised by ants to form their nest: also figuratively applied,
as to the earth; ANT'-THRUSH, a general name applied to birds of tropical
and sub-tropical countries which feed to a large extent on ants. [A contr.
of EMMET--A.S. _æmete_.]
AN'T, a contr. of _aren't_, _are not_; colloquial for _am not_, _is not_,
_has not_.--AN'T = _on't_, _on it_ (_Shak._).
ANTACID, ant-as'id, _n._ a medicine which counteracts acidity.--_adj._
possessing such quality. [Gr. _anti_, against, and ACID.]
ANTAGONISM, ant-ag'on-izm, _n._ a contending or struggling against:
opposition (with _to_, and also _with_).--_n._ ANTAGONIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._
ANTAG'ONISE, to struggle violently against: to counteract the action of an
opposite muscle.--_p.adj._ ANTAG'ONISED, made antagonistic, opposed beyond
hope of reconciliation.--_n._ ANTAG'ONIST, one who contends or struggles
with another: an opponent.--_adjs._ ANTAG'ONIST, ANTAGONIST'IC, contending
against: opposed to.--_adv._ ANTAGONIS'TICALLY. [Gr. _anti_,
against--_ag[=o]n_, contest. See AGONY.]
ANTALKALI, ant-al'ka-li, _n._ anything that counteracts the action of an
alkali. [_Ant-_ and ALKALI.]
ANTARCTIC, ant-ärkt'ik, _adj._ opposite the Arctic: relating to the south
pole or to south polar regions.--_adj._ ANTARCT'ICAL.--_adv._
ANTARCT'ICALLY (_obs._). [Gr. _anti_, opposite, and ARCTIC.]
ANTARTHRITIC, ant-ar-thrit'ik, _adj._ counteracting gout. [Gr. _anti_,
against, and ARTHRITIC.]
ANTASTHMATIC, ant-ast-mat'ik, _adj._ counteracting asthma. [Gr. _anti_,
against, and ASTHMATIC.]
ANTECEDENT, an-te-s[=e]d'ent, _adj._ going before in time: prior.--_n._
that which precedes in time: (_gram._) the noun or pronoun to which a
relative pronoun refers: (_logic_) a statement or proposition from which
another is logically deduced: (_math._) the antecedent of a ratio is the
first of two terms which compose the ratio--the first and third in a series
of four proportionals: (_pl._) previous principles, conduct, history,
&c.--_n._ ANTECED'ENCE.--_adv._ ANTECED'ENTLY. [L. _antecedent-em_; _ante_,
before, _ced[)e]re_, _cessum_, to go.]
ANTECESSOR, an-te-ses'sor, _n._ (_rare_) a predecessor.
ANTECHAMBER, an'te-ch[=a]m-b[.e]r, _n._ a chamber or room leading to the
chief apartment. [Fr. _anti-chambre_, _ante-chambre_.]
ANTECHAPEL, an'te-cha-pl, _n._ the outer part of the west end of a college
chapel. [L. _ante_, before, and CHAPEL.]
ANTEDATE, an'te-d[=a]t, _n._ a date assigned which is earlier than the
actual date.--_v.t._ to date before the true time: to assign an event to an
earlier date: to bring about at an earlier date: to be of previous date: to
accelerate: to anticipate. [L. _ante_, before, and DATE.]
ANTEDILUVIAN, -AL, an-te-di-l[=u]'vi-an, -al, _adj._ existing or happening
before the Deluge or Flood: resembling the state of things before the
Flood: very old-fashioned, primitive.--_adv._ ANTEDIL[=U]'VIALLY.--_n._
ANTEDIL[=U]'VIAN, one who lived before the Flood: one who lives to be very
old. [See DELUGE.]
ANTEFIX, an'te-fiks, _n._ (usually in _pl._) term in ancient architecture,
used of the ornamental tiles placed on the eaves of buildings to conceal
the ends of the common or roofing tiles:--_pl._ AN'TEFIXES,
AN'TEFIXA.--_adj._ AN'TEFIXAL. [L. _ante_, before, in front, and _fixum_,
_fig[)e]re_, to fix.]
ANTELOPE, an'te-l[=o]p, _n._ a quadruped belonging to the hollow-horned
section of the order of Ruminants, differing from the goat in its beardless
chin--a gregarious, peaceable animal, remarkable for grace, agility, and
swiftness. [O. Fr. _antelop_--L. _antalopus_--Gr. _antholops_, of which the
origin is uncertain, perhaps from Gr. _anthein_, to blossom, shine, and
_[=o]ps_, eye, and thus equivalent to 'bright-eyes.']
ANTELUCAN, an-te-l[=oo]'kan, _adj._ before dawn or daylight. [L.
_antelucanus_--_ante_, before, _lux_, _luc-is_, light.]
ANTEMERIDIAN, an-te-me-ri'di-an, _adj._ before midday or noon. [See
MERIDIAN.]
ANTEMUNDANE, an-te-mun'd[=a]n, _adj._ before the existence or creation of
the world. [L. _ante_, before, and MUNDANE.]
ANTENATAL, an-te-n[=a]'tal, _adj._ existing before birth.--_n._
AN'TE-NA'TI, those born before a certain time, as opposed to _Post'-na'ti_,
those born after it--of Scotsmen born before 1603, and Americans before the
Declaration of Independence (1776). [L. _ante_, before, and NATAL.]
ANTE-NICENE, an'te-n[=i]'s[=e]n, _adj._ before the first general council of
the Christian Church held at Nice or Nicæa in Bithynia, 325 A.D.
ANTENNÆ, an-ten'[=e], _n.pl._ the feelers or horns of insects, crustaceans,
and myriopods.--_adjs._ ANTENN'AL, ANTENN'ARY, ANTENN'IFORM,
ANTENNIF'EROUS. [L. _antenna_, a sailyard, the L. translation of
Aristotle's _keraiai_, horns of insects, a word also used of the projecting
ends of sailyards.]
ANTENUPTIAL, an-te-nupsh'al, _adj._ before nuptials or marriage. [L.
_ante_, before, and NUPTIAL.]
ANTEORBITAL, an-te-or'bit-al, _adj._ situated in front of the eyes. [L.
_ante_, before, and ORBIT, eye-socket.]
ANTEPASCHAL, an-te-pas'kal, _adj._ relating to the time before Easter. [L.
_ante_, before, and PASCHAL.]
ANTEPAST, an'te-past, _n._ (_obs._) something to whet the appetite: a
foretaste. [L. _ante_, before, and _pastum_, _pasc[)e]re_, to feed.]
ANTEPENDIUM, an-te-pend'i-um, _n._ a frontlet, forecloth, frontal, or
covering for an altar, of silk, satin, or velvet, often richly embroidered.
[L. _ante_, before, and _pend-[)e]re_, to hang.]
ANTEPENULT, an-te-pen'ult, _n._ the syllable before the penult or next
ultimate syllable of a word: the last syllable of a word but two.--_adj._
ANTEPENULT'IMATE. [L. _ante_, before, and PENULT.]
ANTEPRANDIAL, an-te-prand'i-al, _adj._ before dinner. [L. _ante_, before,
and _prandium_, dinner.]
ANTERIOR, an-t[=e]'ri-or, _adj._ before, in time or place: in front.--_ns._
ANTERIOR'ITY, ANT[=E]'RIORNESS.--_adv._ ANT[=E]'RIORLY. [L.; comp. of
_ante_, before.]
ANTEROOM, an'te-r[=oo]m, _n._ a room before another: a room leading into a
principal apartment. [L. _ante_, before, and ROOM.]
ANTEVENIENT, an-te-v[=e]'ni-ent, _adj._ coming before, preceding. [L.
_antevenient-em_; _ante_, before, _ven-[=i]re_, to come.]
ANTHELION, ant-h[=e]l'yun, _n._ a luminous coloured ring observed by a
spectator on a cloud or fog-bank over against the sun:--_pl._ ANTHEL'IA.
[Gr. _anti_, opposite, _h[=e]lios_, the sun.]
ANTHELMINTIC, an-thel-mint'ik, _adj._ destroying or expelling worms. [Gr.
_anti_, against, and _helmins_, _helminthos_, a worm.]
ANTHEM, an'them, _n._ a piece of sacred music sung in alternate parts: a
piece of sacred music set to a passage from Scripture: any song of praise
or gladness.--_v.t._ to praise in an anthem.--_adv._ AN'THEMWISE. [A.S.
_antefn_--Gr. _antiph[=on]a_--_anti_, in return, _ph[=o]ne_, the voice. See
ANTIPHON.]
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ANTHER, an'th[.e]r, _n._ the top of the stamen in a flower which contains
the pollen or fertilising dust.--_adjs._ AN'THERAL; ANTHERIF'EROUS, bearing
anthers; ANTH'EROID, resembling an anther. [L. _anthera_, which meant a
medicine extracted from flowers, and consisting esp. of the internal organs
of flowers--Gr. _anth[=e]ros_, flowery--_anthos_, a flower.]
ANTHERIDIUM, an-ther-id'i-um, _n._ the male reproductive organs of many
cryptogams, as ferns, horse-tails, mosses, &c. [L. _anthera_, and _-idium_,
Gr. dim. ending.]
ANTHEROZOOID, an-ther-o-z[=o]'oid, _n._ a minute moving body in the
antheridia of cryptogams. [L. _anthera_, and _zooid_--Gr. _z[=oo]eid[=e]s_,
like an animal--_z[=o]on_, animal, and _eidos_, shape.]
ANTHOCARPOUS, an-tho-kär'pus, _adj._ (_bot._) bearing fruit resulting from
many flowers, as the pine-apple. [From Gr. _anthos_, a flower, _karpos_,
fruit.]
ANTHOID, an'thoid, _adj._ flower-like. [Gr. _anthos_, a flower, and
_-eid[=e]s_, like.]
ANTHOLITE, an'tho-l[=i]t, _n._ a flower turned into stone, a fossil flower.
[Gr. _anthos_, a flower, _lithos_, stone.]
ANTHOLOGY, an-thol'oj-i, _n._ (_lit._) a gathering or collection of
flowers: a collection of poems or choice literary extracts, esp. epigrams,
orig. applied to the collections of Greek epigrams so called.--_adj._
ANTHOLOG'ICAL. [Gr. _anthos_, a flower, _legein_, to gather.]
ANTHOMANIA, an-th[=o]-m[=a]n'ya, _n._ a madness for flowers.----_n._
ANTHOM[=A]N'IAC. [Gr. _anthos_, and _mania_, madness.]
ANTHONY (ST), an'ton-i, the patron saint of swineherds: the smallest pig in
a litter.--ANTHONY'S FIRE, a popular name for erysipelas.
ANTHOZOA, an'tho-z[=o]-a, _n.pl._ another name for Actinozoa, one of the
three classes of Coelenterates, including sea-anemones, corals, &c. [Gr.
_anthos_, a flower, _z[=o]a_, animals.]
ANTHRACENE, an-thra-s[=e]n', _n._ a hydrocarbon obtained as one of the last
products in the distillation of coal-tar, of value as the source of
artificial alizarin. [Gr. _anthrax_, coal, and _-ene_.]
ANTHRACITE, an'thras-[=i]t, _n._ a kind of coal that burns nearly without
flame, smell, or smoke, consisting almost entirely of carbon, and not
readily ignited.--_adjs._ ANTHRACIF'EROUS, yielding anthracite;
ANTHRACIT'IC.--_n._ ANTHRACIT'ISM. [Gr. _anthrakit[=e]s_,
coal-like--_anthrax_, coal.]
ANTHRAX, an'thraks, _n._ a widely distributed and very destructive disease,
most common among sheep and cattle, the first infectious disease proved to
be due to the presence of microscopic vegetable organisms
(_bacilli_)--other names are _Splenic Apoplexy_, _Splenic Fever_, and as it
occurs in man, _Malignant Pustule_ and _Woolsorter's Disease_: a carbuncle
or malignant boil.--_adjs._ ANTHRA'CIC, AN'THRACOID. [L.--Gr. _anthrax_;
coal, a carbuncle.]
ANTHROPICAL, an-throp'ik-al, _adj._ (_rare_) connected with human nature.
[Gr. _anthropikos_, human, _anthr[=o]pos_, man.]
ANTHROPINISM, an-thr[=o]p'in-ism, _n._ the looking at things in their
relation to man. [Gr. _anthropinos_, human (_anthr[=o]pos_), and _-ism_.]
ANTHROPOCENTRIC, an-thr[=o]-po-sent'rik, _adj._ centring all the universe
in man. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _kentron_, centre.]
ANTHROPOGRAPHY, an-thro-pog'ra-fi, _n._ that branch of anthropology which
treats of the human race according to its geographical distribution. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, _graphia_, description--_graphein_, to write.]
ANTHROPOID, an'throp-oid, _adj._ in the form of or resembling man.--_n._
the anthropoid ape, the highest and most man-like monkey.--_adj._
AN'THROPOIDAL. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, _eidos_, form.]
ANTHROPOLATRY, an-thro-pol'a-tri, _n._ the giving of divine honours to a
human being, a term always employed in reproach. It was used by the
Apollinarians against the orthodox Christians of the 4th and 5th centuries,
with reference to the doctrine of the perfect human nature of Christ. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, _latreia_, worship.]
ANTHROPOLITE, an-throp'o-l[=i]t, _n._ human remains turned into stone,
fossil human remains. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, _lithos_, stone.]
ANTHROPOLOGY, an-throp-ol'oj-i, _n._ the science of man, more especially
considered as a social animal: the natural history of man in its widest
sense, treating of his relation to the brutes, his evolution, the different
races, &c.--_adj._ ANTHROPOLOG'ICAL.--_adv._ ANTHROPOLOG'ICALLY.--_n._
ANTHROPOL'OGIST, one versed in anthropology. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and
_logos_, discourse--_legein_, to say.]
ANTHROPOMETRY, an-thr[=o]-pom'et-ri, _n._ the measurement of the human body
to discover its exact dimensions and the proportions of its parts, for
comparison with its dimensions at different periods, or in different races
and classes.--_adj._ ANTHROPOMET'RIC. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and
_metrein_, to measure.]
ANTHROPOMORPHISM, an-throp-o-morf'izm, _n._ the representation of the Deity
in the form of man or with bodily parts: the ascription to the Deity of
human affections and passions.--_adj._ ANTHROPOMORPH'IC.--_v.t._
ANTHROPOMORPH'ISE, to regard as or render anthropomorphous.--_ns._
ANTHROPOMORPH'IST; ANTHROPOMORPH'ITE; ANTHROPOMORPH'ITISM. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, _morph[=e]_, form.]
ANTHROPOMORPHOSIS, an-thr[=o]-po-morf-os'is, or -morf'os-is, _n._
transformation into human shape.--_adj._ ANTHROPOMORPH'OUS, formed like or
resembling man. [Gr. _anthropomorph[=o]sis_--_anthr[=o]pos_, man, and a
verb of action, formed from _morph[=e]_, shape.]
ANTHROPOPATHISM, an-thro-pop'a-thizm, _n._ the ascription to the Deity of
human passions and affections--also ANTHROPOP'ATHY.--_adj._
ANTHROPOPATH'IC.--_adv._ ANTHROPOPATH'ICALLY. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man,
_pathos_, suffering, passion.]
ANTHROPOPHAGY, an-thro-pof'aj-i, _n._ cannibalism.--_n.pl._ ANTHROPOPH'AGI,
man-eaters, cannibals.--_ns._ ANTHROPOPHAGIN'IAN (_Shak._) a cannibal;
ANTHROPOPH'AGITE.--_adj._ ANTHROPOPH'AGOUS. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man,
_phag-ein_, to eat.]
ANTHROPOPHUISM, an-thr[=o]-pof'[=u]-izm, _n._ the ascription of a human
nature to the gods. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _phu[=e]_, nature, and
_-ism_.]
ANTHROPOSOPHY, an-thr[=o]-pos'o-fi, _n._ the knowledge of the nature of
men: human wisdom.--_n._ ANTHROPOS'OPHIST, one furnished with the wisdom of
men. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _sophia_, wisdom.]
ANTHROPOTOMY, an-thr[=o]-pot'om-i, _n._ anatomy of the human body. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _temnein_, to cut.]
ANTI, ant'i, _pfx._ against, in opposition to, rivalling, simulating. It
forms numerous derivatives, alike nouns and adjectives, as _antichrist_,
_antipope_, _anticlimax_, _anti-tobacconist_; _anti-Ritualistic_,
_anti-Semite_. [Gr. _anti_, against, instead of, &c.]