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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'tĭ-thē'ist, n. p. 60One opposed to the belief of a God.An-tĭth'e-sĭs, n. p. 60(Rhet.) An opposition of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; contrast; as, “When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves we leave them.” “The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs…Ăn'tĭ-thĕt'ic or Ăn'tĭ-thĕt'ic-al, a. p. 60Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing or abounding with antithesis. Enfield.Ăn'tĭ-thĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 60By way of antithesis.An-tĭt'ra-gŭs, n. p. 60(Anat.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the external ear, opposite the tragus.An-tit'ro-pal or An-tit'ro-pous, a. p. 61(Bot.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle. Lindley.An'ti-type, n. p. 61That which is shadowed out by the type, and so is correlative to it. Thus the paschal lamb, in Scripture, is the type of which Christ is the antitype.Ăn/tĭ-tȳp'ĭe-al, a. p. 61Pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type.An'ti-tȳp'ōüs, a. p. 61Pertaining to a type; antitypical. [Obs.] Cudworth.An'ti-văc'ci-nist, n. p. 61One who is opposed to vaccination.An'ti-va-ri'o-lōus, a. p. 61Preventing the contagion of the small-pox.An'ti-ve-nē're-al, a. p. 61Resisting venereal poison.An'ti-zȳm'ic, a. p. 61Preventing fermentation. Craig.Ant'ler, n. p. 61A start or branch of a horn of a cervine animal, as of the stag or moose. The branch next to the head is called the brow-antler, and the branch nextAnt'lered, a. p. 61Furnished with antlers. “The antlered stag.” Cooper.Ant'-li'on, n. p. 61(Entom.) An insect or fly (Myrmeleon formicarius), which prepares a kind of pitfall for ants, &c. McMurtrie.An-tē'cī, n. pl. p. 61See ANTISCII.An'to-no-mā'zi-a, n. p. 61(Rhet.) The use of the name of some office, dignity, profession, science, or trade, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or his lordship for a nobleman…Ăn’to-no-mās’tĭc-al-ly, adv. p. 61By means, or in the manner, of the figure antonomasia.Ant-ōr'bit-al, a. p. 61Anterior to the orbit.An'tre, n. p. 61A cavern. [Obs.] Shak.An-trôrse', a. p. 61(Bot.) Forward or upward in direction. Gray.A-nū'bis, n. p. 61An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, and represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.A'nus, n. p. 61(Anat.) The circular opening at the lower extremity of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled. Dunglison.An'vil, n. p. 61An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped. 2. (Fig.) Any thing on which blows are laid. To be on the anvil, to be in a state of discussion, formation, or…An'vil, v. t. p. 61To form or shape on an anvil; as, anviled armor. [Rare.] Beau. & Fl.Anx-i'e-tūde, n. p. 61Anxiety. [Rare.]Anx-i'e-ty, n. p. 61Concern or solicitude respecting some event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. Syn.—Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity…Anx'ious, a. p. 61Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;—applied to persons; as, anxious to please; anxious for…Anx'ious-ly, adv. p. 61In an anxious manner; solicitously; with painful uncertainty.Ănx'ious-ness, n. p. 61The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety. “She returns [to her cards] with no little anxiousness.” Steele.A'ny, a. p. 61[A-S. ænig, ænīg, O. Sax. enīg, O. H. Ger. einic, Ger. einig, D. eenig. This word is derived from an, ein, one, and the termination ig, ic, which in the Teutonic dialects corresponds to the Latin ic…A'ny, adv. p. 61To any extent; at all; as, are you any better? [Colloq.]A'ny-how, adv. p. 61In any way; at any rate; in any event. [Colloq.] Ld. Nelson.A'ny-whêre, adv. p. 61In any place. Udal.A'ny-whith'er, adv. p. 61To any place.A'ny-wīse, adv. p. 61In any way. “Anywise a good relative.” Barrow.Ā-ō′ni-an, a. p. 61Pertaining to Aonia, in Bœotia, or to the Muses who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian font, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the muses.Aʹo-rĭst, n. p. 61(Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.A'ō-rist, a. p. 61Indefinite or indeterminate as to past time. Harris.A′o-rĭst'ic, a. p. 61Pertaining to an aorist, or indefinite tense; indefinite.Ā-ôr'tā, n. p. 61(Anat.) The great artery, or trunk of the arterial system, proceeding from the left ventricle of the heart, and giving origin to all the arteries, except the pulmonary arteries. ☞ It first rises…Ā-or'tal or Ā-or'tic, a. p. 61Pertaining to the aorta, or great artery. Darwin.A-pāce', adv. p. 61With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily; with haste; hastily. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spencer. A wide diffusion and visible triumph of the gospel draws on apace. I. Taylor.Ăp'a-gō'ge, n. p. 61(Logic.) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary thing. It corresponds to the reductio ad absurdum. Ernesti. 2. (Math.) A progress or…Ăp'a-gōg'ie-al, a. p. 61Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity or impossibility of the contrary; as, an apagogical demonstration.A-păg'y-noüs, a. p. 61(Bot.) Fructifying at once; perishing immediately after flowering; monocarpous. Brande.A-pāid', n. p. 61Appaid; satisfied. [Obs.] Chapman.Ap′a-lā′chi-an, a. p. 61See APPALACHIAN.Ăp'an-age, n. p. 61See APPANAGE.A-păn’thro-py, n. p. 61An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.Ăp′a-rĭth′me-sĭs, n. p. 61(Rhet.) Enumeration of parts, or particulars.A-pärt', adv. p. 61Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Jesus departed thence into a desert place apart. Matt. xiv. 13. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. 2.…A-pärt'ment, n. p. 61A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. 2. A set or suite of rooms. [Obs.] Shak.Ap-äs'tron, n. p. 61(Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where it is farthest from its primary.A-păt'e-lite, n. p. 61(Min.) A hydrous sulphate of the peroxide of iron, peculiar in containing but little water. Dana.Ap'a-thêt'ic, a. p. 61Void of feel-Ap'a-thêt'ie-al p. 61ing; free from passion; insensible; passionless. Harris.Ap'a-thĭst, n. p. 61One who is destitute of feeling.Ap'a-thist'ic-al, a. p. 61Apathetic. [Rare.] Seward.