tanalogize

t. [Eng. analog (y); -ize. Gr. ἀναλογίζομαι ( analogizomai ).] [ANALOGISM.] To reason from analogy; to explain by means of analogy. "We have systems of material bodies diversely figured and situated, if separately considered; they represent the object of the desire which is analogized by attraction or gravitation."-Cheyne: On Regimen ; Natural Analogy , § 8. †ạn-al-og-īzed, pa . par . [ANALOGIZE.] tạ-năl-ô-găn, s. [Neut. of Gr. adj. ἀνάλογος ( an a logos ) = proportionate, analogous to.] That which is analogous to something else. an-al-og-ous, a. [In Sp., Port., & Ital. an a logo; Lat. analog us; Gr. ἀνάλογος ( an a logos ) = proportionate to.] 1. Logic & Ord. Lang. Presenting some analogy or resemblance to; parallel to in some respect; similar, like. "The language is analogous, wherever a thing, power, or principle in a higher dignity is expre ed by the same thing, power, or principle in a lower but more known form."- Cole ridge : Aids to Reflection (1839), p. 149. the artificial instruments which we ourselves plan with foresight and calculation for analo go us uses."-Owen: Cla if of the Mammal i a , p. 62. It is followed by to of the thing to which the resemblance is perceived. that the particular parts principally obJected against in this whole dispensation are analogous to what is experienced in the constitution and course of Nature or Providence."-Butler: Analogy, Introd. 2. Grammar. Nouns are sometimes divided into univocal , equivocal , and analogous . (Whately: Logic , bk. ii., ch. v., § 1.) 3. Pyro-electricity. Analogous pole is the name given to the end of a crystal which shows positive electricity when the temperature is rising. It is opposed to antilogous pole (q.v.). (At kins on: Ganot's Physics , § 637.) 4. Biology : (a) Having a relation of analogy, but not one of affinity. "The pigeons in one order [the Rasores), and the Edentates in the other [Ungulata), follow next; let us therefore see how far these groups are analogous . -Swains on : Birds , vol. iii. (1837), p. 160, (b) Having a relation of analogy combined with one of affinity. "The two owls, the two tyrant fly-catchers (Pyrocephalus), and the dove, are also also smaller than the analogous but distinct species."-Darwin: Voyage round the World , ch. xvii. Analogous variation : Variations of a similar character in different species, genera, . "Many of these resemblances are more probably due to analogous variation, which follows, as I have elsewhere attempted to show, from co-descended organ is ins having a similar constitution, and having ing been been acted on by similar causes inducing variability."-Darwin: Descent of Man , vol. i., pt. 1, ch. vi., p. 194. ạn-al-og-ous-lý, adv. [Eng. analogous; -ly.] In an analogous manner. Can you, then, d demonstrate from his unity, or omnipresence, which you conceive but analogously " -Skelton : Deism Res., Dial. 6. and imperfectly, the same word may be employed either univocally, equivocally, or analogously." yously." - Whately: Logic , bk. ii., ch. v., § 1