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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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Ăn'gĭl-i-cīze, v. t. p. 52To make English; to render conformable¹ to the English idiom, or to English analogies.An'gling, n. p. 52The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with an angle. Walton.An'glo- p. 52A prefix meaning the same as English;—often used in composition. Anglo-American, a descendant from English ancestors, born in America, or the United States; or pertaining to the descendants of…An-gō'la, n. p. 53A light and fashionable cloth, made from the wool of the Angora goat. Simmonds.An'gor, n. p. 53(Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the belly, often with palpitation and oppression. Dunglison.An-gō'ra Wool p. 53The long white hair of the Angora goat (Capra angorensis), which is highly prized in manufactures, having a silky appearance, which fits it for lace, shawls, braids, and other decorative purposes.…An'gri-ly, adv. p. 53In an angry manner; peevishly.Ang'gry, a. p. 53Inflamed, as a sore; manifesting inflammation. This serum, being accompanied by the thinner parts of the blood, grows red and angry. Wiseman. 2. Touched with anger; feeling resentment; provoked;—…Ang-sā'na or Ang-sā'vā, n. p. 53A red gum of the East Indies, like that of dragon's blood. Coxe.An-guill'i-fōrm, a. p. 53In the form of an eel; resembling an eel. The anguilliformes of Cuvier are species of fishes related to the eel. They are the Muranidæ of some authors. Dana.An-guīn'e-al, a. p. 53Resembling or pertaining to a snake.Ăn’guish, n. p. 53Extreme pain, either of body or mind. And they hearkened not to him, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Syn. — Agony; distress; pang; torture; torment. See AGONY.An'guish, v. t. p. 53To distress with extreme pain or grief. [Rare.] Temple.Ăn'gu-lar, a. p. 53Having an angle or angles; pointed; as, an angular figure. 2. Consisting of an angle; forming an angle; as, an angular point. 3. (Fig.) Sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his…An'gu-lār'i-ty, n. p. 53The quality of being angular; angularness; angulosity.Ang'gu-lar-ly, adv. p. 53In an angular manner; with angles or corners. B. Jonson.An'gu-lar-ness, n. p. 53The quality of being angular.Ang'u-lā'ted, a. p. 53Formed with angles or corners. “Angulated figures.” Woodward.Ăn’gu-lō-dĕn'tate, a. p. 53(Bot.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves. Loudon.Ang'u-lōm'e-ter, n. p. 53An instrument for measuring external angles. Francis.Ăn'gu-lōs'i-ty, n. p. 53A state of being angular.Ang'gu-lōŭs, a. p. 53Angular; having corners; hooked. [Obs.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanville.An-gŭst’, a. p. 53Narrow; strait. [Obs.]An-gŭs'tate, a. p. 53Narrow; diminishing rapidly in breadth.Ăn/gŭs-tā/'tion, n. p. 53The act of making narrow; a straitening, or being made narrow. Wiseman.An-gūs'ti-clāve, n. p. 53A robe or tunic embroidered with purple studs or knobs, or by purple stripes, worn by Roman knights.An-gŭs'ti-fō'li-ate or An-gŭs'ti-fō'li-ous, a. p. 53(Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright.Ăn'he-lā'tion, n. p. 53Shortness of breath; a panting; difficult respiration. Coxe.An-hēle’, v. i. p. 53To pant; to be breathlessly anxious. [Obs.] “They anhele . . . for the finish of our convocation.” Latimer.Ăn'he-lōse', a. p. 53Out of breath; panting. [Obs.] Bailey.Ăn'hy-drīte, n. p. 53(Min.) Anhydrous gypsum, differing from gypsum in not containing water.An-hȳ'droŭs, a. p. 53Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids. Ure.An-ĭd'i-o-măt'ic-al, a. p. 53Not idiomatical; opposed to the idiom, genius, or analogies of a language. You would not say “two times;” it is anidiomatical. Landor.Ăn'ient or Ăn'ient-īze, v. t. p. 53To frustrate; to bring to naught. [Obs.] Chaucer.A-night' or A-nights', adv. p. 53In the night time; at night. Shak. Does he hawk anights still? Marston.Ăn'il, n. p. 53(Bot.) A shrub from whose leaves and stalks indigo is made; a species of Indigofera, or indigo plant. Brande.Ăn'īle, a. p. 53Pertaining to, or resembling, an old woman; old womanish; imbecile. “Puerile or anile ideas.” Walpole. A childish or anile overacting of human testimony. Coleridge.Ăn'i-līne, n. p. 53(Chem.) A base analogous to ammonia, and consisting of twelve parts of carbon, seven of hydrogen, and one of nitrogen. It is yielded by indigo and some other substances on distillation, and affords a…A-nĭl'i-ty or Ăn'īle-ness, n. p. 53The state of being an old woman; the old age of a woman; dotage. “Marks of anility.” Sterne.Ăn'i-ma-ble, a. p. 53Susceptible of animation. [Obs.] Bailey.Ăn'i-mad-vẽr'sal, n. p. 53That which has the power of perceiving and judging; a percipient. [Obs.] More.Ăn'i-mad-vẽr'sion, n. p. 53The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; perception. [Obs.] The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense. Glanville. 2. Remarks by way of censure or criticism; reproof…Ăn'i-mad-vẽr'sĭve, a. p. 53Having the power of perceiving; percipient. Glanville. I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge.Ăn'i-mad-vẽr'sĭve-ness, n. p. 53The power of animadverting. Bailey.Ăn'i-mad-vẽrt', v. i. p. 53To turn the mind; with intent to notice. “I can not conceive the body doth animadvert.” More. 2. To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure. I should not animadvert on him, . . . if he had…Ăn'i-mad-vẽrt'er, n. p. 53One who animadverts or makes remarks by way of censure.Ăn'i-mal, n. p. 53An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion; and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid…Ăn'i-mal, a. p. 53Belonging, or relating to, animals; as, animal functions. 2. Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal…Ăn’i-māl’cu-lar or Ăn’i-māl’cu-line, a. p. 53Pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. Lond. Rev.An'i-māl'cūle, n. p. 53A little animal, especially one that is invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like that of…Ăn'i-māl'eu-lĭst, n. p. 53One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith.Ăn'i-măl'cu-lŭm, n. p. 53An animalcule. ☞ Animalculæ, as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a gross barbarism.Ăn'i-mal-flow'er, n. p. 53(Zoöl.) (a.) Any species of the genus Actinia. (b.) Any species of the class Polyps. (c.) A species of the other classes of Radiata, as the star-fish, crinoids, medusa. (d.) One of the sponges, which…Ăn'i-mal-ĭsh, a. p. 53Like an animal. Cudworth.Ăn'i-mal-ĭsm, n. p. 53The state of mere animals, actuated by sensual appetites only, without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality. Beecher.An'i-māl'i-ty, n. p. 53Animal existence or nature. Locke.Ăn'i-mal-i-zā'tion, n. p. 53The act of giving animal life, or endowing with the properties of an animal. Med. Repos. 2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.Ăn'i-mal-īze, v. t. p. 53To give animal life to; to endow with the properties of an animal. Warburton. 2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation. 3. To render or regard as merely animal or sentient.…Ăn'i-mal-ness, n. p. 53The state of animal existence.Ăn'i-māte, v. t. p. 53To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body. 2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden. 3. To give spirit or…