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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'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…Ăn'i-mate, a. p. 54Alive; possessing animal life. “The admirable structure of animate bodies.” Bentley.Ăn'i-mā'ted, p. a. p. 54Full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. “Animated sounds.” Pope. “Animated bust.” Gray.Ăn'i-mā'ter, n. p. 54One who animates. De Quincey.Ăn'i-mā'tion, n. p. 54The act of animating, or the state of being animated. “The animation of the . . . soul quickening the whole frame.” Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with…Ăn'i-mā'tĭve, a. p. 54Having the power of giving life or spirit. Johnson.An'i-mā'tor, n. p. 54One who, or that which, animates or gives life; an animator. Browne.An'i-mé, a. p. 54(Her.) Of a different tincture from the animal itself;—said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.Ăn'i-me, n. p. 54A resin exuding from the stem of a large American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish-makers. It contains numerous insects that are entrapped in it.An'i-mĭsm, n. p. 54(Philos.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.An'i-mist, n. p. 54One who maintains the doctrine of animism.Ăn'i-mōse', a. p. 54Full of spirit; hot; vehement; resolute. Ash.Ăn'i-mōse'ness, n. p. 54Vehemence of temper. [Obs.]Ăn'i-mŏs'i-ty, n. p. 54Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] Skelton. Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth. Holland. 2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition…Ăn'i-mŭs, n. p. 54Intention; purpose; spirit; temper.Ā'ni-on, n. p. 54(Chem.) An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode;—opposed to cation. Faraday.An'ise, n. p. 54[Lat. anisum, Gr. ἄνισον, equiv. to anethum, ἄνηθον, Fr. & Pr. anis, Ar. anisūn, jānī-sum. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Pimpinella. It grows naturally in Egypt, and is cultivated in…An'ise-seed, n. p. 54The seed of anise; also a cordial prepared from it. Encyc. of Dom. Econ.An'i-sĕtte', n. p. 54A cordial flavored with the essence of anise-seed.An'i-so-mĕr'ic, a. p. 54Not consisting of similar or symmetrical parts. Dana.Ank'er, n. p. 54A Dutch liquid measure, formerly used in England, and containing ten wine gallons. P. Cyc.Ănk'er-īte, n. p. 54A mineral consisting of the carbonates of lime, magnesia, and iron. It resembles carbonate of lime in color and crystalline structure, but turns brown on exposure, owing to the iron it contains.Ăn'kle, n. p. 54The joint which connects the foot with the leg.Ăn'kle-bōne, n. p. 54The bone of the ankle; the as-trag'a-lus.Ăn'kled, a. p. 54Having, or pertaining to, ankles;—used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.Ănk'let, n. p. 54An ornament for the ankle. Southey.An'ky-lō'sis, n. p. 54See ANCHYLOSIS.Ăn'lăce(4), n. p. 54A short dagger worn in the 14th century. See ANELACE.Ann or An'nat, n. p. 54(Scots Law.) A half year's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's relict, child, or nearest of kin after his decease. Wharton.An'na, n. p. 54In the East Indies, the sixteenth part of a rupee, worth 1½d. sterling, or about 3 cents in American currency. Malcom.An'nal-ist, n. p. 54A writer of annals. The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume.Ăn'nal-ize, v. t. p. 54To record in annals. Sheldon.An'nals, n. pl. p. 54A history or relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened; also the title of such a history. “The annals of our religion.” Rogers. “Annals…An'nats, n. pl. p. 54(Eng. Eccl. Law.) The first year's whole profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope, but in the reign of Henry VIII. transferred to the crown; first fruits. Burrill.