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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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An'a-ple-rō'tic, a. p. 49(Med.) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers. (Obs.) Bailey.Ăn'a-ple-rō'tic, n. p. 49(Med.) A remedy which promotes the granulation or incarnation of wounds or ulcers. Parr.An'ärch, n. p. 49The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton. Imperial anarchs, doubling human woes. Byron.A-närch'al, a. p. 49Ungoverned; anarchical. [Rare.] We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchical which are in a state of effervescence. Landor.A-när'eh/ic or A-när'eh/ic-al, a. p. 49Without rule or government; in a state of confusion, as a state or society; as, anarchic despotism; an anarchical state.Ăn'ărch-īsm, n. p. 49Confusion; anarchy. “Absolute anarchism.” —Sir E. Dering.An'arch-ist, n. p. 49An anarch; one who excites revolt, or promotes disorder in a state.An'ar' ch-ize, v. t. p. 49To bring into a state of anarchy. Clarke.Ăn’ărch-y, n. p. 49Want of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power, or where the laws are not efficient, and individuals do what they please with impunity; political confusion. Spread…A-năr'rhi-chas, n. p. 49(Ichth.) A genus of ravenous fish, found in the northern seas. Its jaws are armed with stout grinding teeth; its dorsal fin is composed of simple rays, and extends from the nape to the tail; the anal…An-ăr’throŭs, a. p. 49(Gram.) Without the article. Bloomfield. 2. (Entom.) Having neither legs nor wings, as some insects. Ogilvie.A'nas, n. p. 49(Ornith.) A genus of water-fowls, of the order Anseres, including the various species of ducks. The species are very numerous.An'a-sär'cä, n. p. 49(Med.) Dropsy of the cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.An'a-sär'eoüs, a. p. 49Belonging to or affected by anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.Ăn'a-stăl'tĭc, a. p. 49(Med.) Astringent; styptic. Coxe.Ăn'a-stăt'ĭc, a. p. 49Furnished with raised characters;—applied to a certain kind of plates for printing. 2. Produced by means of such characters; as, anastatic printing, which is a method of transferring letter-press…A-năs'to-mōse, v. i. p. 49(Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to communicate with each other, as the arteries and veins. The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network of its vessels. I. Taylor.A-năs/to-mō'sis, n. p. 49(Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into another artery, or a vein into a vein.A·nās’to-mōt’ic, a. p. 49Pertaining to anastomosis.A·năs'to-mŏt'ic, n. p. 49A medicine supposed to have the power of opening the mouths of vessels, and removing obstructions, such as cathartics, deobstruents, and sudorifics.A-näs'tro-phe, n. p. 50(Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for the hills echoed.Ăn'a-tāse, n. p. 50(Min.) A native oxide of titanium (also called octahedrite), occurring in brilliant octahedral crystals, of a brown or somewhat bluish color. Dana.A-nāth'e-mā, n. p. 50(Antiq.) An offering or present made to some deity, and hung up in a temple. Wm. Smith. 2. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by…A-nāth'e-māt'ie-al, a. p. 50Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. Johnson.A-nāth'e-măt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 50In the manner of anathema.A-nāth'e-ma-tīsm, n. p. 50The act of anathematizing, or ecclesiastically cursing; anathematization. We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. Bp. Taylor.A-năth'e-ma-tĭ-zā'tion, n. p. 50The act of anathematizing; anathematism. “Anathematization of persons deceased in the peace of the church.” Barrow.A-năth'e-ma-tīze, v. t. p. 50To pronounce an anathema against. Hammond.A-nāth'e-ma-tīz'er, n. p. 50One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.A-năt'i-fā, n. p. 50(Nat. Hist.) An animal of the same tribe with the barnacle, but differing in having a fleshy stem or peduncle, and also in some other respects; the lepas. The term anatifæ, in the plural, is often…A-năt'i-fer, n. p. 50The barnacle.An'a-tif'er-oüs, a. p. 50Producing ducks; — applied to anatifa, under the absurd notion of their giving birth to ducks. Browne.A-năt'o-cĭsm, n. p. 50Interest upon interest; the taking of compound interest; or the contract by which such interest is secured. [Rare.] Bouvier.Ăn'a-tŏm'ie or Ăn'a-tŏm'ie-al, a. p. 50Belonging, or relating, to anatomy or dissection; as, the anatomic art; anatomical observations. Hume.Ăn'a-tŏm'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 50In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection.A-năt’o-mīst, n. p. 50One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection. The anatomist presents to the eye the most hideous and disagreeable objects, but his science is useful to the painter in delineating even a…A-năt'/o-mi-zā'/tion, n. p. 50The act of anatomizing.A-năt'o-mīze, v. t. p. 50To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal or vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts. Hence, 2. (Fig.) To lay open minutely; to analyze.…A-năt'o-my, n. p. 50The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. 2. The doctrine of the structure of an organized…Ăn'a-trĕp'tic, a. p. 50Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating:—a word applied to those Dialogues of Plato which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exercises. Enfield.An'a-trip-sōl'o-gy, n. p. 50(Med.) A treatise on friction as a remedy. Dunglison.An'a-tron, n. p. 50[Fr. anatron, natron, Sp. anatron, natron, Ar. al-natrūn, (al-nitrān), from Gr. νίτρον, natron, a mineral alkali, our potassa, or soda, or both (not our niter, i. e., saltpeter), Lat. nitrum, N. Lat.…A-năt'ro-pal or A-năt'ro-poŭs, a. p. 50(Bot.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is at the apparent apex. Gray.An’bu-ry, n. p. 50(Far.) A soft tumor on horses and cows, containing blood. White. 2. A swelling produced by insects on the roots of turnips, cabbages, &c. Gardner.Ăn'ces-tor, n. p. 50One from whom a person descends, either by the father or mother, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather. 2. (Law.) One who has preceded another in the possession of real estate; one from…Ăn'ces-tō'rī-al, a. p. 50Ancestral. Pollok.An-cès'tral or Ăn'ces-tral, a. p. 50Pertaining to, or descending from, ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. “Ancestral trees.” Hemans.An-cĕs'tress or Ăn'ces-tress, n. p. 50A female ancestor.Ăn'ces-try, n. p. 50A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. 2. Hence, birth or honorable descent. Addison. Our ancestry, a gallant, Christian race, Patterns of…Anch'i-lops, n. p. 50See ÆGILOPS.Ăn'chor, n. p. 50An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in water. It consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the…Ănch'or, v. t. p. 50(Naut.) To place at anchor; as, to anchor a ship. 2. (Fig.) To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine…Ănch'or, v. i. p. 50To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship anchored in the Downs. 2. (Fig.) To stop; to fix or rest. “My intention anchors on Isabel.” Shak.Ănch'or, n. p. 50An anchorite; a hermit. [Obs.] Shak.Ănch'or-a-ble, a. p. 50Fit for anchorage. Herbert.Ănch'or-aġe, n. p. 50A place where a ship can anchor. Totten. 2. The anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring. 3. A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor. Johnson.Ănch'ored, p. a. p. 50(Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt ancred.]An'cho-ress, n. p. 50A female anchoret. Fairfax. And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.An'eh'o-ret or An'eh'o-rite, n. p. 50One who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world, and devote himself to religious duties; a hermit; a recluse. Our Savior himself . . . did not…An'cho-rĕt'ic or An'cho-rĕt'ic-al, a. p. 50Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit, or to his mode of life.