ANTHEROZOOID, an-ther-o-z[=o]'oid, _n._ a minute moving body in the antheridia of cryptogams. [L. _anthera_, and _zooid_--Gr. _z[=oo]eid[=e]s_, like an animal--_z[=o]on_, animal, and _eidos_, shape.]
ANTHOCARPOUS, an-tho-kar'pus, _adj._ (_bot._) bearing fruit resulting from many flowers, as the pine-apple. [From Gr. _anthos_, a flower, _karpos_, fruit.]
ANTHOID, an'thoid, _adj._ flower-like. [Gr. _anthos_, a flower, and _-eid[=e]s_, like.]
ANTHOLITE, an'tho-l[=i]t, _n._ a flower turned into stone, a fossil flower.
[Gr. _anthos_, a flower, _lithos_, stone.]
ANTHOLOGY, an-thol'oj-i, _n._ (_lit._) a gathering or collection of flowers: a collection of poems or choice literary extracts, esp. epigrams, orig. applied to the collections of Greek epigrams so called.--_adj._ ANTHOLOG'ICAL. [Gr. _anthos_, a flower, _legein_, to gather.]
ANTHOMANIA, an-th[=o]-m[=a]n'ya, _n._ a madness for flowers.----_n._ ANTHOM[=A]N'IAC. [Gr. _anthos_, and _mania_, madness.]
ANTHONY (ST), an'ton-i, the patron saint of swineherds: the smallest pig in a litter.--ANTHONY'S FIRE, a popular name for erysipelas.
ANTHOZOA, an'tho-z[=o]-a, _n.pl._ another name for Actinozoa, one of the three classes of Coelenterates, including sea-anemones, corals, &c. [Gr.
_anthos_, a flower, _z[=o]a_, animals.]
ANTHRACENE, an-thra-s[=e]n', _n._ a hydrocarbon obtained as one of the last products in the distillation of coal-tar, of value as the source of artificial alizarin. [Gr. _anthrax_, coal, and _-ene_.]
ANTHRACITE, an'thras-[=i]t, _n._ a kind of coal that burns nearly without flame, smell, or smoke, consisting almost entirely of carbon, and not readily ignited.--_adjs._ ANTHRACIF'EROUS, yielding anthracite; ANTHRACIT'IC.--_n._ ANTHRACIT'ISM. [Gr. _anthrakit[=e]s_, coal-like--_anthrax_, coal.]
ANTHRAX, an'thraks, _n._ a widely distributed and very destructive disease, most common among sheep and cattle, the first infectious disease proved to be due to the presence of microscopic vegetable organisms (_bacilli_)--other names are _Splenic Apoplexy_, _Splenic Fever_, and as it occurs in man, _Malignant Pustule_ and _Woolsorter's Disease_: a carbuncle or malignant boil.--_adjs._ ANTHRA'CIC, AN'THRACOID. [L.--Gr. _anthrax_; coal, a carbuncle.]
ANTHROPICAL, an-throp'ik-al, _adj._ (_rare_) connected with human nature.
[Gr. _anthropikos_, human, _anthr[=o]pos_, man.]
ANTHROPINISM, an-thr[=o]p'in-ism, _n._ the looking at things in their relation to man. [Gr. _anthropinos_, human (_anthr[=o]pos_), and _-ism_.]
ANTHROPOCENTRIC, an-thr[=o]-po-sent'rik, _adj._ centring all the universe in man. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _kentron_, centre.]
ANTHROPOGRAPHY, an-thro-pog'ra-fi, _n._ that branch of anthropology which treats of the human race according to its geographical distribution. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, _graphia_, description--_graphein_, to write.]
ANTHROPOID, an'throp-oid, _adj._ in the form of or resembling man.--_n._ the anthropoid ape, the highest and most man-like monkey.--_adj._ AN'THROPOIDAL. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, _eidos_, form.]
ANTHROPOLATRY, an-thro-pol'a-tri, _n._ the giving of divine honours to a human being, a term always employed in reproach. It was used by the Apollinarians against the orthodox Christians of the 4th and 5th centuries, with reference to the doctrine of the perfect human nature of Christ. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, _latreia_, worship.]
ANTHROPOLITE, an-throp'o-l[=i]t, _n._ human remains turned into stone, fossil human remains. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, _lithos_, stone.]
ANTHROPOLOGY, an-throp-ol'oj-i, _n._ the science of man, more especially considered as a social animal: the natural history of man in its widest sense, treating of his relation to the brutes, his evolution, the different races, &c.--_adj._ ANTHROPOLOG'ICAL.--_adv._ ANTHROPOLOG'ICALLY.--_n._ ANTHROPOL'OGIST, one versed in anthropology. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _logos_, discourse--_legein_, to say.]
ANTHROPOMETRY, an-thr[=o]-pom'et-ri, _n._ the measurement of the human body to discover its exact dimensions and the proportions of its parts, for comparison with its dimensions at different periods, or in different races and classes.--_adj._ ANTHROPOMET'RIC. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _metrein_, to measure.]
ANTHROPOMORPHISM, an-throp-o-morf'izm, _n._ the representation of the Deity in the form of man or with bodily parts: the ascription to the Deity of human affections and passions.--_adj._ ANTHROPOMORPH'IC.--_v.t._ ANTHROPOMORPH'ISE, to regard as or render anthropomorphous.--_ns._ ANTHROPOMORPH'IST; ANTHROPOMORPH'ITE; ANTHROPOMORPH'ITISM. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, _morph[=e]_, form.]
ANTHROPOMORPHOSIS, an-thr[=o]-po-morf-os'is, or -morf'os-is, _n._ transformation into human shape.--_adj._ ANTHROPOMORPH'OUS, formed like or resembling man. [Gr. _anthropomorph[=o]sis_--_anthr[=o]pos_, man, and a verb of action, formed from _morph[=e]_, shape.]
ANTHROPOPATHISM, an-thro-pop'a-thizm, _n._ the ascription to the Deity of human passions and affections--also ANTHROPOP'ATHY.--_adj._ ANTHROPOPATH'IC.--_adv._ ANTHROPOPATH'ICALLY. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, _pathos_, suffering, passion.]
ANTHROPOPHAGY, an-thro-pof'aj-i, _n._ cannibalism.--_n.pl._ ANTHROPOPH'AGI, man-eaters, cannibals.--_ns._ ANTHROPOPHAGIN'IAN (_Shak._) a cannibal; ANTHROPOPH'AGITE.--_adj._ ANTHROPOPH'AGOUS. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, _phag-ein_, to eat.]
ANTHROPOPHUISM, an-thr[=o]-pof'[=u]-izm, _n._ the ascription of a human nature to the gods. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _phu[=e]_, nature, and _-ism_.]
ANTHROPOSOPHY, an-thr[=o]-pos'o-fi, _n._ the knowledge of the nature of men: human wisdom.--_n._ ANTHROPOS'OPHIST, one furnished with the wisdom of men. [Gr. _anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _sophia_, wisdom.]
ANTHROPOTOMY, an-thr[=o]-pot'om-i, _n._ anatomy of the human body. [Gr.
_anthr[=o]pos_, man, and _temnein_, to cut.]
ANTI, ant'i, _pfx._ against, in opposition to, rivalling, simulating. It forms numerous derivatives, alike nouns and adjectives, as _antichrist_, _antipope_, _anticlimax_, _anti-tobacconist_; _anti-Ritualistic_, _anti-Semite_. [Gr. _anti_, against, instead of, &c.]
ANTIAR, an'ti-ar, _n._ the upas-tree (see UPAS). [Jav. _antjar_.]
ANTI-ATTRITION, an'ti-at-trish'on, _n._ anything which counteracts attrition or friction--also figuratively. [Pfx. ANTI- and ATTRITION.]
ANTIBILIOUS, an'ti-bil'yus, _adj._ of use against biliousness. [ANTI- and BILIOUS.]
ANTIBURGHER, an-ti-burg'[.e]r, _n._ that section of the Scottish Secession Church which parted from the main body (the _Burghers_) in 1747, holding it unlawful to take the oath administered to burgesses in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth, because of the reference to 'the true religion presently professed within this realm.' They read into it an allusion to the Church as by law established, while others interpreted it as signifying simply the Protestant religion. [ANTI- and BURGHER.]
ANTIC, ant'ik, _adj._ grotesque: odd: ridiculous in shape, dress, &c.--_n._ a fantastic or ancient figure, caricaturing or combining grotesquely animal or vegetable forms, or both together: (_Shak._) a grotesque pageant: a buffoon, clown, mountebank: a trick, mostly in _pl._--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to make grotesque.--_v.i._ AN'TICIZE (_Browning_), to play antics. [It.
_antico_, equivalent to It. _grottesco_, and orig. used of the fantastic decorations composed of human and other forms found in the remains of ancient Rome--L. _antiquus_.]
ANTICATHOLIC, an-ti-kath'o-lik, _adj._ opposed to what is Catholic. [ANTI- and CATHOLIC.]
ANTICHLOR, an'ti-kl[=o]r, _n._ a substance used in the making of paper to free the pulp from the injurious after-effects of chlorine. [ANTI- and CHLOR-INE.]
ANTICHRIST, an'ti-kr[=i]st, _n._ the great opposer of Christ and Christianity: the name of a great enemy of Christ always expected to appear by the early Church, applied by some to the Pope and his power.--_adj._ ANTICHRISTIAN (-krist'-), relating to Antichrist: opposed to Christianity.--_n._ ANTICHRIST'IANISM.--_adv._ ANTICHRIST'IANLY. [Gr.; _anti_, against, and _Christ-os_.]
ANTICIPATE, an-tis'ip-[=a]t, _v.t._ to be beforehand with (another person or thing), to forestall or preoccupy: to take in hand, or consider, before the due time: to foresee: realise beforehand, or count upon as certain: to expect.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to accelerate: to occur earlier than.--_adj._ and _n._ ANTIC'IPANT, anticipating, anticipative.--_n._ ANTICIP[=A]'TION, act of anticipating: assignment to too early a time: foretaste: previous notion, or presentiment: expectation.--_adjs._ ANTI'CIP[=A]TIVE, ANTI'CIP[=A]TORY.--_advs._ ANTICIP[=A]'TIVELY, ANTICIP[=A]'TORILY (_rare_).
[L. _anticip[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_[=a]nte_, before, _cap-[)e]re_, to take.]
ANTICIVIC, an-ti-siv'ik, _adj._ opposed to citizenship, esp. the conception of it engendered by the French Revolution.--_n._ ANTICIV'ISM.
ANTICLIMAX, an-ti-kl[=i]m'aks, _n._ the opposite of climax: a sentence in which the ideas become less important towards the close: also of any descent as against a previous rise--e.g. Waller's
'Under the Tropicks is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.'
[Gr. _anti_, against, and CLIMAX.]
ANTICLINAL, an-ti-kl[=i]n'al, _adj._ sloping in opposite directions.--_n._ (_geol._) applied to strata which are inclined in opposite directions from a common axis--in a roof-like form. [Gr. _anti_, against, _klin-ein_, to lean.]
ANTICYCLONE, an-ti-s[=i]'kl[=o]n, _n._ name given to the rotatory flow of air from an atmospheric area of high pressure.--_adj._ ANTICYCLON'IC.
[ANTI- and CYCLONE.]
ANTIDOTE, an'ti-d[=o]t, _n._ that which is given against anything that would produce bad effects: a counter-poison: (_fig._) anything that prevents evil (with _against_, _for_, _to_).--_adj._ AN'TIDOTAL. [Gr.
_antidotos_--_anti_, against, _did[=o]mi_, to give.]
ANTIENT. See ANCIENT.