anthropomorph ose

t. [Gr. ἄνθρωπος (anthropos) a man, and μορφόω (morphoō) = to form, to give shape to.] One would expect this verb to mean to change into the form of a man; but Davies gives an example from Howell (Parley of Beasts, p. 3), in which it evidently to change from the form of a man into that of a beast. ăn-thrō-po-morph-ous, a . [In Fr. anthropomorphe. From Gr. ἀνθρωπόμορφος ( an thro pom or phos).] Po e ed of a form resembling that of man. "Mr. Lyell, however, in 1830, had remarked that the evidence of the total absence of the Anthropomorph ous tribe the Quadruman a) was inconclusive."-Owen: Brit. Fo il Mammals and Birds , p. 2.