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Amphiboly

AMPHIB'OLY, noun [Gr. both ways and to strike.]

Ambiguity of meaning. [Rarely used.]

Amphibrach

AM'PHIBRACH, noun [Gr. short.]

In poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short; as habere, in Latin. In English verse, it is used as the last foot, when a syllable is added to the usual number forming a double rhyme; as,

The piece, you think, is incorrect, why take it?

Amphicome

AM'PHICOME, noun [Gr. hair.]

A kind of figured stone, of a round shape, but rugged and beset with eminences; called Erotylos, on account of its supposed power of exciting love. Anciently, it was used in divination; but it is little known to the moderns.

Amphictyonic

AMPHICTYON'IC, adjective Pertaining to the august council of Amphictyons.

Amphictyons

AMPHIC'TYONS, noun In Grecian history, an assembly or council of deputies from the different states of Greece, supposed to be so called from Amphictyon, the son of Deucalion, but this opinion is probably a fable. Ten or twelve states were represented in this assembly, which sat at Thermophlae, but ordinarily at Delphi. Each city sent two deputies, one called Hieromnemon and the other Pylagoras. The former inspected the sacrifices and ceremonies of religion; the latter, had the charge of deciding causes and differences between private persons. The former was elected by lot; the latter by a plurality of voices. They had an equal right to deliberate and vote in all matters relating to the common interests of Greece.

Amphigene

AM'PHIGENE, noun [Gr.]

In mineralogy, another name of the leucite or Vesuvian.

Amphihexahedral

AMPHIHEXAHE'DRAL, adjective [Gr. and hexahedral.]

In crystallography, when the faces of the crystal, counted in two different directions, give two hexahedral outlines, or are found to be six in number.

Amphimacer

AMPHIM'ACER, noun [Gr. long on both sides.]

In ancient poetry, a foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in castitas.

Amphisben

AMPHIS'BEN,

AMPHISBE'NA, noun [Gr. to go; indicating that the animal moves with either end foremost.]

A genus of serpents, with the head small, smooth and blunt; the nostrils small, the eyes minute and blackish, and the mouth furnished with small teeth. The body is cylindrical, destitute of scales, and divided into numerous annular segments; the tail obtuse, and scarcely to be distinguished from the head, whence the belief that it moved equally well with either end foremost. There are two species; the fuliginosa, black with white spots, found in Africa and America; and the alba, or white species, found in both the Indies and generally in ant-hillocks. They feed on ants and earth-worms, and were formerly deemed poisonous; but this opinion is exploded.

The aquatic amphisben Gordius aquaticus, Linne, is an animal resembling a horse hair, found in water, and moving with either end foremost. The vulgar opinion that this is an animated horse-hair is found to be an error. This hair worm is generated in the common black beetle, in which the parent worm lays its eggs; and is sometimes found in the earth and on the leaves of trees.

Amphisbena

AMPHISBE'NA, n. [Gr. to go; indicating that the animal moves with either end foremost.] A genus of serpents, with the head small, smooth and blunt; the nostrils small, the eyes minute and blackish, and the mouth furnished with small teeth. The body is cylindrical, destitute of scales, and divided into numerous annular segments; the tail obtuse, and scarcely to be distinguished from the head, whence the belief that it moved equally well with either end foremost. There are two species; the fuliginosa, black with white spots, found in Africa and America; and the alba, or white species, found in both the Indies and generally in ant-hillocks. They feed on ants and earth-worms, and were formerly deemed poisonous; but this opinion is exploded.The aquatic amphisben, Gordius aquaticus, Linne, is an animal resembling a horse hair, found in water, and moving with either end foremost. The vulgar opinion that this is an animated horse-hair is found to be an error. This hair worm is generated in the common black beetle, in which the parent worm lays its eggs; and is sometimes found in the earth and on the leaves of trees.

Amphiscians

AMPHIS'CIANS, noun [Gr. on both sides and shadow.]

In geography, the inhabitants of the tropics, whose shadows, in one part of the year, are cast to the north, and in the other, to the south, according as the sun is in the southern or northern signs.

Amphiscil

AMPHIS'CIL,

AM'PHITANE, noun A name given by ancient naturalists to a fossil, called by Dr. Hill pyricubium. Pliny describes it as of a square figure and a gold color.

Amphitheater

AMPHITHE'ATER, noun [Gr. about and to see or look.]

1. An edifice in an oval or circular form, having its area encompassed with rows of seats, rising higher as they recede from the area, on which people used to sit to view the combats of gladiators and of wild beasts, and other sports. The ancient theater was a semicircle, but exceeding it by a fourth part of its diameter; the amphitheater was a double theater, and its longest diameter was to its shortest as 1 1/2 to 1. It was at first of wood, but in the reign of Augustus one was erected of stone. The area or cavea being covered with sand was called arena.

2. In gardening, a disposition of shrubs and trees in the form of an amphitheater on a slope, or forming a slope, by placing the lowest in front. An amphitheater may also be formed of turf only.

Amphitheatral

AMPHITHE'ATRAL, adjective Resembling an amphitheater.

Amphitheatrical

AMPHITHEAT'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to or exhibited in an amphitheater.

Amphitrite

AM'PHITRITE, noun [Gr. a goddess of the sea.]

A genus of marine animals, of the Linnean order.

Amphor

AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, noun [Latin amphora; Gr.]

Amphora

AM'PHOR, or AM'PHORA, noun [Latin amphora; Gr.]

Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The AMPHORA of the Romans contained about forty-eight sextaries, equal to seven gallons and a pint, English wine measure. The Grecian or Attic amphor contained about a third more. This was also, among the Romans, a dry measure of about three bushels. Among the Venetians, it is a liquid measure of sixteen quarts.

This name was formerly used in England; but the capacity of the Sax. ambra is not certainly known.

Ample

AM'PLE, adjective [Latin amplus.]

1. Large; wide; spacious; extended; as ample room. This word carries with it the sense of room or space fully sufficient for the use intended.

2. Great in bulk, or size; as an ample tear.

3. Liberal; unrestrained; without parsimony; fully sufficient; as, ample provision for the table; ample justice.

4. Liberal; magnificent; as ample promises.

5. Diffusive; not brief or contracted; as an ample narrative.

Ampleness

AM'PLENESS, noun Largeness; spaciousness; sufficiency; abundance.

Amplexicaul

AMPLEX'ICAUL, adjective [Latin amplexor, to embrace, of amb about, and plico, plexus, to fold, and caulis a stem.]

In botany, surrounding or embracing the stem, as the base of a leaf.

Ampliate

AM'PLIATE, verb transitive [Latin amplio. See ample.]

To enlarge; to make greater; to extend. [Little used.]

Ampliation

AMPLIA'TION, noun

1. Enlargement; amplification; diffuseness. [Little used.]

2. In Roman antiquity, a deferring to pass sentence; a postponement of a decision, to obtain further evidence.

Amplification

AMPLIFICA'TION, noun [Latin amplificatio.]

1. Enlargement; extension.

2. In rhetoric, diffusive description or discussion; exaggerated representation; copious argument, intended to present the subject in every view or in the strongest light; diffuse narrative, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject; a description given in more words than are necessary, or an illustration by various examples and proofs.

Amplified

AM'PLIFIED, participle passive Enlarged; extended; diffusively treated.

Amplifier

AM'PLIFIER, noun One who amplifies or enlarges; one who treats a subject diffusively, to exhibit it in the strongest light.

Amplify

AM'PLIFY, verb transitive [Latin amplifico; of amplus and facio, to make large.]

1. To enlarge; to augment; to increase or extend, in a general sense; applied to material or immaterial things.

2. In rhetoric, to enlarge in discussion or by representation; to treat copiously, so as to present the subject in every view and in the strongest lights.

3. To enlarge by addition; to improve or extend; as, to amplify the sense of an author by a paraphrase.

AM'PLIFY, verb intransitive

1. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate upon; often followed by on; as, to amplify on the several topics of discourse.

2. To exaggerate; to enlarge by representation or description; as,

Homer amplifies - not invents.

Amplifying

AM'PLIFYING, participle present tense Enlarging; exaggerating; diffusively treating.

Amplitude

AM'PLITUDE, noun [Latin amplitudo, from amplus, large.]

1. Largeness; extent, applied to bodies; as, the amplitude of the earth.

2. Largeness; extent of capacity or intellectual powers; as, amplitude of mind.

3. Extent of means or power; abundance; sufficiency.

Amplitude, in astronomy, is an arch of the horizon intercepted between the east and west point, and the center of the sun or star at its rising or setting. At the rising of a star, the amplitude is eastern or ortive; at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

Amplitude of the range, in projectiles, is the horizontal line subtending the path of a body thrown, or the line which measures the distance it has moved.

Magnetical amplitude is the arch of the horizon between the sun or a star, at rising or setting, and the east or west point of the horizon, by the compass. The difference between this and the true amplitude is the variation of the compass.

Amply

AM'PLY, adverb Largely; liberally; fully; sufficiently; copiously; in a diffusive manner.

Amputate

AM'PUTATE, verb transitive [Latin amputo, of amb, about, and puto, to prune.]

1. To prune branches of trees or vines; to cut off.

2. To cut off a limb or other part of an animal body; a term of surgery.

Amputated

AM'PUTATED, participle passive Cut off; separated from the body.

Amputating

AM'PUTATING, participle present tense Cutting off a limb or part of the body.

Amputation

AMPUTA'TION, noun [Latin amputatio.]

The act of operation of cutting off a limb or some part of the body.

Amulet

AM'ULET, noun [Latin amuletum; amolior, amolitus to remove.]

Something worn as a remedy or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft. Amulets, in days of ignorance, were common. They consisted of certain stones, metals or plants; sometimes of words, characters or sentences, arranged in a particular order. They were appended to the neck or body. Among some nations, they are still in use.

Amuse

AMU'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Gr. and Latin musso.]

1. To entertain the mind agreeably; to occupy or detain attention with agreeable objects, whether by singing, conversation, or a show of curiosities. Dr.Johnson remarks, that amuse implies something less lively than divert, and less important than please. Hence it is often said, we are amused with trifles.

2. To detain; to engage the attention by hope or expectation; as, to amuse one by flattering promises.

Amused

AMU'SED, participle passive s as z. Agreeably entertained; having the mind engaged by something pleasing.

Amusement

AMU'SEMENT, noun s as z. That which amuses, detains or engages the mind; entertainment of the mind; pastime; a pleasurable occupation of the senses, or that which furnishes it, as dancing, sports or music.

Amuser

AMU'SER, noun s as z. One who amuses, or affords an agreeable entertainment to the mind.

Amusing

AMU'SING, participle present tense or adjective s as z. Entertaining; giving moderate pleasure to the mind, so as to engage it; pleasing.

Amusingly

AMU'SINGLY, adverb s as z. In an amusing manner.

Amusive

AMU'SIVE, adjective That has the power to amuse or entertain the mind.

Amygdalate

AMYG'DALATE, adjective [Latin amygdalus, an almond.] Made of almonds.

AMYG'DALATE, noun An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds.

Amygdaline

AMYG'DALINE, adjective Pertaining to or resembling the almond.

Amygdalite

AMYG'DALITE, noun A plant; a species of spurge, with leaves resembling those of the almond.

Amygdaloid

AMYG'DALOID, noun [Gr. an almond, and form; ]

Toad-stone; a compound rock, consisting of a basis of basalt, greenstone or some other variety of trap, imbedding nodules of various minerals, particularly calcarious spar, quartz, agate, zeolite, chlorite, etc. When the imbedded minerals are detached, it is porous, like lava.

Amygdaloidal

AMYG'DALOIDAL, adjective Pertaining to amygdaloid.

Amylaceous

AMYLA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin amylum, starch, of a priv. and a mill, being formerly made without grinding.]

Pertaining to starch, or the farinaceous part of grain; resembling starch.

Amyline

AM'YLINE, noun [Latin amylum; Gr. unground, a mill.]

A farinaceous substance between gum and starch.

Amyraldism

AM'YRALDISM, noun In church history, the doctrine of universal grace, as explained by Amyraldus, or Amyrault, of France, in the seventeenth century. He taught that God desires the happiness of all men, and that none are excluded by a divine decree, but that none can obtain salvation without faith in Christ; that God refuses to none the power of believing, though he does not grant to all his assistance to improve this power.

Amyztli

AMYZ'TLI, noun A Mexican name of the sealion, an amphibious quadruped, inhabiting the shores and rivers of America, on the Pacific ocean. Its body is three feet in length, and its tail, two feet. It has a long snout, short legs and crooked nails. Its skin is valued for the length and softness of its hair.

An

AN, adjective [Latin unus, una, unum; Gr.]

One; noting an individual, either definitely, known, certain, specified, or understood; or indefinitely, not certain, known, or specified. Definitely, as 'Noah built an ark of Gopher wood.' 'Paul was an eminent apostle.' Indefinitely, as 'Bring me an orange.' Before a consonant the letter n is dropped, as a man; but our ancestors wrote an man, an king. This letter represents an definitely, or indefinitely. Definitely, as 'I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God.' Exodus 6:8. Indefinitely, as 'the province of a judge is to decide controversies.' an being the same word as one, should not be used with it; 'such an one' is tautology; the true phrase is such one. Although an a and one, are the same word, and always have the same sense, yet by custom, an and a are used exclusively as a definite adjective, and one is used in numbering. Where our ancestors wrote an twa, thry, we now use one, two, three. So an and a are never used except with a noun; but one like other adjectives, is sometimes used without its noun, and as a substitute for it; 'one is at a loss to assign a reason for such conduct.'

AN, in old English authors, signifies if; as, 'an it please your honor.' Gr.; Latin an if or whether. It is probably an imperative, like if, gif, give.

Ana

A'NA, aa, or adjective [Gr.]

In medical prescriptions, it signifies an equal quantity of the several ingredients; as, wine and honey, ana aa or a that is, of wine and honey each two ounces.

A'NA, as a termination, is annexed to the names of authors to denote a collection of their memorable sayings. Thus, Scaligerana, is a book contained the sayings of Scaliger. It was used by the Romans, as in Collectaneus, collected, gathered.

Anabaptism

ANABAP'TISM, noun [See Anabaptist.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

Anabaptist

ANABAP'TIST, noun [Gr. again, and a baptist.]

One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults, or of the invalidity of infant baptism, and the necessity of rebaptization in an adult age. One who maintains that baptism ought always to be performed by immersion.

Anabaptistic

ANABAPTIST'IC,

ANABAPTIST'ICAL, adjective Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines.

Anabaptistical

ANABAPTIST'ICAL, a. Relating to the Anabaptists, or to their doctrines.

Anabaptistry

ANABAP'TISTRY, noun The sect of Anabaptists.

Anabaptize

ANABAPTI'ZE, verb transitive To rebaptize. [Not used.]

Anaca

ANACA, noun A species of parakeet, about the size of a lark; the crown of the head is a dark red, the upper part of the neck, sides, back and wings are green.

Anacamptic

ANACAMP'TIC, adjective [Gr. to bend.]

1. Reflecting or reflected; a word formerly applied to that part of optics, which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. [See Catoptrics.]

2. anacamptic sounds, among the Greeks, were sounds produced by reflection, as in echoes; or such as proceeded downwards from acute to grave.

Anacamptics

ANACAMP'TICS, noun The doctrine of reflected light. [See Catoptrics.]

Anacardium

ANACAR'DIUM, noun The cashew-nut, or marking nut, which produces a thickish, red, caustic, inflammable liquor, which, when used in marking, turns black, and is very durable.

Anacathartic

ANACATHAR'TIC, adjective [Gr. upward and a purging. See Cathartic.]

Throwing upwards; cleansing by exciting vomiting, expectoration, etc.

ANACATHAR'TIC, noun A medicine which excites discharges by the mouth, or nose, as expectorants, emetics, sternutatories and masticatories.

Anachoret

ANACHORET. [See anchoret.]

Anachronism

ANACH'RONISM, noun [Gr. time.]

An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.

Anachronistic

ANACHRONIS'TIC, adjective Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.

Anaclastic

ANACLAS'TIC, adjective [Gr. breaking, from to break.]

Refracting; breaking the rectilinear course of light.

Anaclastic glasses, sonorous glasses or phials, which are flexible, and emit a vehement noise by means of the human breath; called also vexing glasses, from the fright which their resilience occasions. They are low phials with flat bellies, like inverted tunnels, and with very thin convex bottoms. By drawing out a little air, the bottom springs into a concave form with a smart crack; and by breathing or blowing into them, the bottom, with a like noise, springs into its former convex form.

Anaclastics

ANACLAS'TICS, noun That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light, commonly called dioptrics, which see.

Anacoenosis

ANACOENO'SIS, noun [Gr. common.]

A figure of rhetoric, by which a speaker applies to his opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

Anaconda

ANACOND'A, noun A name given in Ceylon to a large snake, a species of Boa, which is said to devour travelers. Its flesh is excellent food.

Anacreontic

ANACREON'TIC, adjective Pertaining to Anacreon, a Greek poet, whose odes and epigrams are celebrated for their delicate, easy and graceful air, and for their exact imitation of nature. His verse consists of three feet and a half, usually spondees and iambuses, sometimes anapests; as in this line of Horace.

'Lydia, dic per omnes.'

ANACREON'TIC, noun A poem composed in the manner of Anacreon.

Anademe

AN'ADEME, noun [Gr.] A chaplet or crown of flowers.

Anadiplosis

ANADIPLO'SIS, noun [Gr. again, and double.]

Duplication, a figure in rhetoric and poetry, consisting in the repetition of the last word or words in a line or clause of a sentence, in the beginning of the next; as, 'he retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes, misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent.

Anadromous

ANAD'ROMOUS, adjective [Gr. upward and course.]

Ascending; a word applied to such fish as pass from the sea into fresh waters, at stated seasons.

Anaglyph

AN'AGLYPH, noun [Gr. to engrave.]

An ornament made by sculpture.

Anaglyptic

ANAGLYP'TIC, adjective Relating to the art of carving, engraving, enchasing or embossing plate.

Anagoge

AN'AGOGE,

ANAGOG'ICAL, adjective Mysterious; elevated; spiritual; as, the rest of the sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven.

Anagogical

ANAGOG'ICAL, a. Mysterious; elevated; spiritual; as, the rest of the sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven.

Anagogically

ANAGOG'ICALLY, adverb In a mysterious sense; with religious elevation.

Anagogics

ANAGOG'ICS, noun Mysterious considerations.

Anagogy

AN'AGOGY, noun [Gr. upward, and a leading.]

An elevation of mind to things celestial; the spiritual meaning or application of words; also the application of the types and allegories of the old testament to subjects of the new.

Anagram

AN'AGRAM, noun [Gr. a letter.]

A transposition of the letters of a name, by which a new word is formed. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy, (attorney general to Charles I., a laborious man, ) may be turned into I moyl in law.

Anagrammatic

ANAGRAMMAT'IC

ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, adjective Making an anagram.

Anagrammatical

ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, a. Making an anagram.

Anagrammatically

ANAGRAMMAT'ICALLY, adverb In the manner of an anagram.

Anagrammatism

ANAGRAM'MATISM, noun The act or practice of making anagrams.

Anagrammatist

ANAGRAM'MATIST, noun A maker of anagrams.

Anagrammatize

ANAGRAM'MATIZE, verb intransitive To make anagrams.

Anagros

AN'AGROS, noun A measure of grain in Spain, containing something less than two bushels.

Anal

A'NAL, adjective [Latin anus.] Pertaining to the anus; as, the anal fin.

Analcim

ANAL'CIM,

ANAL'CIME, noun

Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated or cubic crystals.

This mineral is generally crystallized, but is also found amorphous, and in reniform, mammillary, laminated or radiated masses. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name, Gr. weak.

Analcime

ANAL'CIME, n. Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated or cubic crystals.This mineral is generally crystallized, but is also found amorphous, and in reniform, mammillary, laminated or radiated masses. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name, Gr. weak.

Analects

AN'ALECTS, noun [Gr. to collect.] A collection of short essays, or remarks.

Analemma

AN'ALEMMA, noun [Gr. altitude.]

1. In geometry, a projection of the sphere on the plane of the meridian, orthographically made by straight lines, circles and ellipses, the eye being supposed at an infinite distance, and in the east or west points of the horizon.

2. An instrument of wood or brass on which this kind of projection is drawn, with a horizon and cursor fitted to it, in which the solstitial colure, and all circles parallel to it, will be concentric circles; all circles oblique to the eye will be ellipses; and all circles whose planes pass through the eye, will be right lines.

Analepsis

ANALEP'SIS, noun [Gr. to receive again.]

The augmentation of nutrition of an emaciated body; recovery of strength after a disease.

Analeptic

ANALEP'TIC, adjective Corroborating; invigorating; giving strength after disease.

ANALEP'TIC, noun A medicine which gives strength, and aids in restoring a body to health after sickness; a restorative.

Analogal

ANAL'OGAL, adjective Analogous. [Not used.]

Analogical

ANALOG'ICAL, adjective Having analogy; used by way of analogy; bearing some relation. Thus analogical reasoning is reasoning from some similitude which things known bear to things unknown. An analogical word is one which carries with it some relation to the original idea. Thus the word firm primarily denotes solidity or compactness in a material body; and by analogy, when used of the mind, it conveys the idea of qualities having a similitude to the solidity of bodies, that is, fixedness or immovability.

Analogically

ANALOG'ICALLY, adverb In an analogical manner; by way of similitude, relation or agreement. Thus to reason analogically is to deduce inferences from some agreement or relation which things bear to each other.

Analogicalness

ANALOG'ICALNESS, noun The quality of being analogical; fitness to be applied for the illustration of some analogy.

Analogism

ANAL'OGISM, noun [Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect.

Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.

Analogist

ANAL'OGIST, noun One who adheres to analogy.

Analogize

ANAL'OGIZE, verb transitive To explain by analogy; to form some resemblance between different things; to consider a thing with regard to its analogy to something else.

Analogous

ANAL'OGOUS, adjective Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; followed by to; as, there is something in the exercise of the mind analogues to that of the body.

Analogy

ANAL'OGY, noun [Gr. ratio, proportion.]

1. an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus a plant is said to have life, because its growth resembles in some degree, that of an animal. In life and growth, then, there is an analogy between a plant and an animal. Learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind, what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden. When the things which have an analogy follow a preposition, that preposition must be between or betwixt; as there is an analogy between plants and animals, or between customs. When one of the things precedes a verb, and the other follows, the preposition used must be to or with; as, a plant has some analogy to or with an animal.

2. With grammarians, analogy is a conformity of words to the genius, structure or general rules of a language. Thus the general rule in English is that the plural of a noun ends in es; therefore all nouns which have that plural termination have an analogy or are formed in analogy with other words of a like kind.

[PUBLISHERS NOTE: The word"genius" in the second definition should be"genus". This appears in the original printing and is most likely a printers error as the original was hand typeset.]

Analysis

ANAL'YSIS, noun [Gr. a loosing, or resolving, from to loosen. See Loose.]

1. The separation of a compound body into its constituent parts; a resolving; as, an analysis of water, air or oil, to discover its elements.

2. A consideration of anything in its separate parts; an examination of the different parts of a subject, each separately; as the words which compose a sentence, the notes of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

In mathematics, analysis is the resolving of problems by algebraic equations. The analysis of finite quantities is otherwise called algebra, or specious arithmetic. The analysis of infinites is the method of fluxions, or the differential calculus.

In logic, analysis is the tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

3. A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a continued discourse, disposed in their natural order.

4. A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense, it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

Analyst

AN'ALYST, noun One who analyzes, or is versed in analysis.

Analytic

ANALYT'IC,

ANALYT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to analysis; that resolves into first principles; that separates into parts or original principles; that resolves a compound body or subject; as, an analytical experiment in chimistry, or an analytical investigation. It is opposed to synthetic.

Analytical

ANALYT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to analysis; that resolves into first principles; that separates into parts or original principles; that resolves a compound body or subject; as, an analytical experiment in chimistry, or an analytical investigation. It is opposed to synthetic.

Analytically

ANALYT'ICALLY, adverb In the manner of analysis; by way of separating a body into its constituent parts, or a subject, into its principles.

Analytics

ANALYT'ICS, noun The science of analysis. [See Analysis.]

Analyze

AN'ALYZE, verb transitive [Gr. See Analysis.]

To resolve a body into its elements; to separate a compound subject into its parts or propositions, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Analyzed

AN'ALYZED, participle passive Resolved into its constituent parts or principles, for examination.

Analyzer

AN'ALYZER, noun One who analyzes; that which analyzes or has the power to analyze.

Analyzing

AN'ALYZING, participle present tense Resolving into elements, constituent parts, or first principles.

Anamorphosis

ANAMORPHOSIS, noun [Gr. formation.]

In perspective drawings, a deformed or distorted portrait or figure, which, in one point of view, is confused or unintelligible, and in another, is an exact and regular representation; or confused to the naked eye, but reflected from a plain or curved mirror, appearing regular, and in right proportion.

Ananas

ANA'NAS, noun The name of a species of Bromelia, the pine-apple.

Anapest

AN'APEST, noun [Gr to strike.]

In poetry, a foot, consisting of three syllables, the two first short, the last long; the reverse of the dactyl; as,

Can a bosom so gentle remain

Unmoved when her Corydon sighs?

Anapestic

ANAPEST'IC, noun The anapestic measure.

ANAPEST'IC, adjective Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of anapestic feet.

Anaphora

ANAPH'ORA, noun [Gr.]

1. A figure in rhetoric, when the same word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more succeeding verses or clauses of a sentence; as, 'Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world?'

2. Among physicians, the discharge of blood or purulent matter by the mouth.

Anaplerotic

ANAPLEROT'IC, adjective [Gr. to fill.] Filling up; supplying or renovating flesh.

ANAPLEROT'IC, noun A medicine which renews flesh or wasted parts.

Anarch

AN'ARCH, noun [See Anarchy.] The author of confusion; one who excites revolt.

Anarchic

ANARCH'IC,

ANARCH'ICAL, adjective Without rule or government; in a state of confusion; applied to a state or society. Fielding uses anarchial, a word of less difficult pronunciation.

Anarchical

ANARCH'ICAL, a. Without rule or government; in a state of confusion; applied to a state or society. Fielding uses anarchial, a word of less difficult pronunciation.

Anarchist

AN'ARCHIST, noun An anarch; one who excites revolt, or promotes disorder in a state.

Anarchy

AN'ARCHY, noun [Gr. rule.]

Want of government; a state of society, when there is no law or supreme power, or when the laws are not efficient, and individuals do what they please with impunity; political confusion.

Anarhichas

ANAR'HICHAS, noun The sea wolf; a genus of ravenous fish, of the order of Apodals, found in the northern seas.

Anas

A'NAS, noun [Latin] A genus of water fowl of the order Anseres; including the swans, geese, and ducks. The species are very numerous.

Anasarca

ANAS'ARCA, noun [Gr. in or between, and flesh.]

A species of dropsy, from a serous humor spread between the skin and flesh; or an accumulation of lymph in the cellular membrane, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

Anasarcous

ANAS'ARCOUS, adjective Belonging to anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.

Anastomose

ANAS'TOMOSE, verb intransitive s as z. [Gr. mouth.]

To inosculate; to unite the mouth of one vessel with another, as the arteries with the veins.

Anastomosis

ANASTOMO'SIS, noun The inosculation of vessels, or the opening of one vessel into another, as an artery into a vein; a relaxation or dilation of the mouths of vessels; also the communication of two vessels, as a vein with a vein.

Anastomosy

ANASTOM'OSY,

ANASTOMOT'IC, adjective Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions.

ANASTOMOT'IC, noun a medicine supposed to have the power of opening the mouths of vessels, and promoting circulation, such as cathartics, deobstruents and sudorifics.

Anastomotic

ANASTOMOT'IC, a. Opening the mouths of vessels, or removing obstructions.

ANASTOMOT'IC, n. a medicine supposed to have the power of opening the mouths of vessels, and promoting circulation, such as cathartics, deobstruents and sudorifics.

Anastrophe

ANAS'TROPHE,

ANAS'TROPHY, noun [Gr. a conversion or inversion.]

In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the natural order of words; as saxa per et scopulos, for per saxa et scopulos.

Anastrophy

ANAS'TROPHY, n. [Gr. a conversion or inversion.] In rhetoric and grammar, an inversion of the natural order of words; as saxa per et scopulos, for per saxa et scopulos.

Anatase

AN'ATASE, noun [Gr. extension, so named from the length of its crystals.]

Octahedrite; octahedral oxyd of titanium; a mineral that shows a variety of colors by reflected light, from indigo blue to reddish brown. It is usually crystallized in acute, elongated, pyramidical octahedrons.

Anathema

ANATH'EMA, noun [Gr. to place behind, backward or at a distance, to separate.]

1. Excommunication with curses. Hence, a curse or denunciation by ecclesiastical authority, accompanying excommunication. This species of excommunication was practiced in the ancient churches, against notorious offenders; all churches were warned not to receive them; all magistrates and private persons were admonished not to harbor or maintain them, and priests were enjoined not to converse with them, or attend their funeral.

There are two kinds of anathemas, judiciary and abjuratory. The former is pronounced by a council, pope or bishop; the latter is the act of a convert who anathematizes the heresy which he abjures.

2. In heathen mythology, an offering, or present made to some deity and hung up in a temple. Whenever a person quitted his employment, he set apart, or dedicated his tools to his patron-deity. Persons who had escaped danger remarkably, or been otherwise very fortunate, testified their gratitude by some offering to their deity.

Anathematical

ANATHEMAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to anathema.

Anathematically

ANATHEMAT'ICALLY, adverb In the manner of anathema.

Anathematization

ANATHEMATIZA'TION, noun The act of anathematizing.

Anathematize

ANATH'EMATIZE, verb transitive To excommunicate with a denunciation of curses; to pronounce an anathema against.

Anathematized

ANATH'EMATIZED, participle passive Excommunicated with curses.

Anathematizing

ANATH'EMATIZING, participle present tense Pronouncing an anathema.

Anatiferous

ANATIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin anas, a duck and fero, to produce.] Producing ducks.

Anatocism

ANAT'OCISM, noun [Latin anatocismus, from Gr. again and usury.]

Interest upon interest; the taking of compound interest; or the contract by which such interest is secured. [Rarely used.]

Anatomical

ANATOM'ICAL, adjective Belonging to anatomy or dissection; produced by or according to the principles of anatomy, or natural structure of the body; relating to the parts of the body when dissected or separated.

Anatomically

ANATOM'ICALLY, adverb In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection; according to the doctrine of anatomy.

Anatomist

ANAT'OMIST, noun One who dissects bodies; more generally, one who is skilled in the art of dissection, or versed in the doctrine and principles of anatomy.

Anatomize

ANAT'OMIZE, verb transitive To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of examining each by itself; to lay open the interior structure of the parts of a body or subject; as, to anatomize an animal or plant; to anatomize an argument.

Anatomized

ANAT'OMIZED, participle passive Dissected, as an animal body.

Anatomizing

ANAT'OMIZING, participle present tense Dissecting.

Anatomy

ANAT'OMY, noun [Gr. through and to cut.]

1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of an animal body, to discover their situation, structure and economy.

2. The doctrine of the structure of the body, learned by dissection; as, a physician understands anatomy

3. The act of dividing any thing, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; as, the anatomy of a plant, or of a discourse.

4. The body stripped of its integuments; a skeleton, or the corporeal frame of bones entire, without the skin, flesh and vessels; an improper use of the word, and vulgar.

5. Ironically, a meager person.

Anatreptic

ANATREP'TIC, adjective [Gr. to overturn.]

Overthrowing; defeating; prostrating; a word applied to the dialogues of Plato, which represent a complete defeat in the gymnastic exercises.

Anatron

AN'ATRON, noun [Gr. niter.]

1. Soda or mineral fixed alkali.

2. Spume or glass gall, a scum which rises upon melted glass, in the furnace, and when taken off, dissolves in the air, and then coagulates into common salt.

3. The salt which collects on the walls of vaults.

Anbury

AN'BURY, noun A disease in turneps, or an injury occasioned by a fly.

Ance

'ANCE, noun Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing.

Ancestor

AN'CESTOR, noun [Latin antecessor, of ante, before, and cedo, to go.]

One from whom a person descends, either by the father or mother, at any distance of time, in the tenth or hundredth generation. An ancestor precedes in the order of nature or blood; a predecessor, in the order of office.

Ancestral

AN'CESTRAL, adjective Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

Ancestry

AN'CESTRY, noun A series of ancestors, or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. Hence, birth or honorable descent.

Anchilops

AN'CHILOPS, noun [Gr. a goat and an eye.]

The goat's eye; an abscess in the inner angle of the eye; an incipient fistula lachrymalis.

Anchor

AN'CHOR, noun [Latin anchora; Gr.]

1. An iron instrument for holding a ship or other vessel at rest in water. It is a strong shank, with a ring at one end, to which a cable may be fastened; and with two arms and flukes at the other end, forming a suitable angle with the shank to enter the ground.

In seamen's language, the anchor comes home, when it is dislodged from its bed, so as to drag by the violence of the wind, sea or current.

Foul anchor is when the anchor hooks or is entangled with another anchor or with a wreck or cable, or when the slack cable is entangled.

The anchor a cock bill, is when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cat head, ready to be let go.

The anchor a peek, is when it is drawn in so tight as to bring the ship directly over it.

The anchor is a trip, or a weigh, when it is just drawn out of the ground, in a perpendicular direction, either by the cable or the buoy-rope.

To back an anchor is to lay down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home.

At anchor is when a ship rides by her anchor Hence, to lie or ride at anchor

To cast anchor or to anchor is to let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest.

To weigh anchor is to heave or raise the anchor out of the ground.

Anchors are of different sizes. The principal, and that on which most dependence is placed, is the sheet anchor Then come the best bower, the small bower, the space anchor the stream anchor and the kedge anchor which is the smallest.

2. In a figurative sense, that which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast. Hebrews 6:19.

3. In architecture, anchors are carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor It is commonly a part of the ornaments of the boultins of capitals in the Tuscan, Doric and Ionic orders, and on the moldings of cornices.

In heraldry, anchors are emblems of hope.

AN'CHOR, verb transitive

1. To place at anchor; to moor; as to anchor a ship.

2. To fix or fasten on; to fix in a stable condition

AN'CHOR, verb intransitive

1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship anchored off the isle of Wight.

2. To stop; to fix or rest on.

Anchor-Ground

AN'CHOR-GROUND, noun Ground suitable for anchoring.

Anchor-Hold

AN'CHOR-HOLD, noun The hold or fastness of an anchor; security.

Anchor-Smith

AN'CHOR-SMITH, noun The maker or forger of anchors, or one whose occupation is to make anchors.

Anchorable

AN'CHORABLE, adjective Fit for anchorage. [Not used.]

Anchorage

AN'CHORAGE, noun

1. Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too rocky, nor the water too deep nor too shallow.

2. The hold of a ship at anchor, or rather the anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring.

3. A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor.

Anchored

AN'CHORED, participle passive Lying or riding at anchor; held by an anchor; moored; fixed in safety.

Anchoress

AN'CHORESS, noun A female anchoret.

Anchoret

AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, noun [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]

Anchoring

AN'CHORING, participle present tense Mooring; coming to anchor; casting anchor.

Anchorite

AN'CHORET, or AN'CHORITE, noun [Gr. to retire and to go. Written by some authors, anachoret.]

A hermit; a recluse; one who retires from society into a desert or solitary place, to avoid the temptations of the world and devote himself to religious duties. Also a monk, who, with the leave of the abbot, retires to a cave or cell, with an allowance from the monastery, to live in solitude.

Anchovy

ANCHO'VY,

AN'CHOVY, noun A small fish, about three inches in length, of the genus Clupea, found and caught, in vast numbers, in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. It is used as a sauce or seasoning.

Anchovy-Pear

ANCHO'VY-PEAR, noun A fruit of Jamaica, constituting the genus Grias. It is large, contains a stone, and is esculent.