ANIMADVERTER
ANIMADVERT'ER, noun One who animadverts or makes remarks by way of censure.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ANIMADVERTING
ANIMADVERT'ING, participle present tense Considering; remarking by way of criticism or censure.
ANIMAL
AN'IMAL, noun [Latin animal from anima, air, breath, soul.]An organized body, endowed with life and the power of voluntary motion; a living, sensitive, locomotive body; as, man ...
ANIMAL-FLOWER
ANIMAL-FLOWER, noun In zoology, sea-anemone, sea-nettle or urtica marina, the name of several species of animals belonging to the genus actinia. They are called sea-nettle from ...
ANIMALCULE
ANIMAL'CULE, noun [Latin animalculum, animalcula.]A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose figure cannot be discerned without the aid of a magnifying glass; such as a...
ANIMALIZATION
ANIMALIZA'TION, noun The act of giving animal life, or endowing with the properties of an animal.
ANIMALIZE
AN'IMALIZE, verb transitive1. To give animal life to; to endow with the properties of animals.2. To convert into animal matter.
ANIMALIZED
AN'IMALIZED, participle passive Endowed with animal life.
ANIMALIZING
AN'IMALIZING, participle present tense Giving animal life to.
ANIMATE
AN'IMATE, verb intransitive [Latin amino. See Animal.]1. To give natural life to; to quicken; to make alive; as the soul animates the body.2. To give powers to, or to heighten t...
ANIMATED
AN'IMATED, participle passive1. Being endowed with anima life, as the various classes of animated beings.2.adjective Lively; vigorous; full of spirit; indicating animation; as a...
ANIMATING
AN'IMATING, participle present tense Giving life; infusing spirit; enlivening.
ANIMATION
ANIMA'TION, noun1. The act of infusing life; the state of being animated.2. The state of being lively, brisk or full of spirit and vigor; as, he recited the story with great ani...
ANIMATIVE
AN'IMATIVE, adjective That has the power of giving life or spirit.
ANIMATOR
AN'IMATOR, noun One that gives life; that which infuses life or spirit.
ANIME
AN'IME, noun In heraldry, a term denoting that the eyes of a rapacious animal are borne of a different tincture from the animal himself.AN'IME, noun A resin exuding from the ste...
ANIMETTA
ANIMET'TA, noun Among ecclesiastical writers, the cloth which covers the cup of the eucharist.
ANIMOSITY
ANIMOS'ITY, noun [Latin animositas; animosus, animated, courageous, enraged; from animus, spirit, mind passion. Gr. wind, breath, is from flowing, swelling, rushing, which gives...
ANINGA
ANIN'GA, noun A root growing in the West Indies, like the China plant, used in refining sugar.
ANISE
AN'ISE, noun an'nis. [Latin anisum; Gr.]An annual plant, placed by Linne under the genus Pimpinella. It grows naturally in Egypt, and is cultivated in Spain and Malta, whence th...
ANKER
ANK'ER, nounA measure of liquids used in Holland, containing about 32 gallons, English measure.Chambers says it contains two stekans; each stekan, 16 mengles; each mengle, 2 win...
ANKLE
ANK'LE, noun ank'l. The joint which connects the foot with the leg.
ANKLE-BONE
ANK'LE-BONE, noun The bone of the ankle.
ANNALIST
AN'NALIST, noun [See Annals.] A writer of annals.
ANNALIZE
AN'NALIZE, verb transitive To record; to write annals. [Not much used.]
ANNALS
AN'NALS, nounplural [Latin amnales, annalis, from annus, a year, the root of which may be the Celtic an, ain, a great circle. Varro says the word annus signifies a great circle....
ANNATS
AN'NATS, noun [Latin annus.]A year's income of a spiritual living; the first fruits, originally given to the Pope, upon the decease of a bishop, abbot or parish clerk, and paid ...