Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ANAGLYPH

AN'AGLYPH, noun [Gr. to engrave.]An ornament made by sculpture.

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ANAGLYPTIC

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

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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.

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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.

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ANAGOGICALLY

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

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ANAGOGICS

ANAGOG'ICS, noun Mysterious considerations.

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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 allegor...

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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....

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ANAGRAMMATIC

ANAGRAMMAT'ICANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, adjective Making an anagram.

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ANAGRAMMATICAL

ANAGRAMMAT'ICAL, a. Making an anagram.

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ANAGRAMMATICALLY

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

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ANAGRAMMATISM

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

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ANAGRAMMATIST

ANAGRAM'MATIST, noun A maker of anagrams.

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ANAGRAMMATIZE

ANAGRAM'MATIZE, verb intransitive To make anagrams.

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ANAGROS

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

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ANAL

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

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ANALCIM

ANAL'CIM,ANAL'CIME, nounCubic zeolite, found in aggregated or cubic crystals.This mineral is generally crystallized, but is also found amorphous, and in reniform, mammillary, la...

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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 ...

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ANALECTS

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

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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 be...

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ANALEPSIS

ANALEP'SIS, noun [Gr. to receive again.]The augmentation of nutrition of an emaciated body; recovery of strength after a disease.

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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 s...

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ANALOGAL

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

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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 thin...

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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 w...

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ANALOGICALNESS

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

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ANALOGISM

ANAL'OGISM, noun [Gr.] An argument from the cause to the effect.Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.