an electric

& s. [Gr. ἀν (an), priv., and Eng. electrics (q.v.).] 1. As adjective: Non-electric. 2. As substantive ( plur .): A term formerly used to designate those bodies which were commonly believed to be incapable of becoming electrical by friction. " bodies were formerly divided into ideoelectrics, or those which become electrical by friction, and an electrics, or those which do not po e this property."-At kins on: Ganot's Physics, 3rd ed. (1868), p. 555. ăn-ĕ-lěc-trode, s. [Gr. ἀνά ( ana ) = up; and Eng. electrode (q.v.).] Elec.: The positive electrode or pole of a galvanic battery. ( Faraday .) [ANODE.] ăn-ĕ-lěc-trot-o-nus, s. [Pref. an-, and Eng., . electrotonus (q.v.). The condition of the nerve close to the positive pole. (Ganot: Physics (ed. At kins on), p. 924.) * a'ne-lỹ, adv. [A.S. an = one; Eng. suff. -ly = like.] Only; alone. "I fande Thesu in deserte, fastande in the monte, anely prayande."- Richard Rolle de Hampole . *ăn-ē'l-ye, vt. [Lat. anhelo.] To aspire, to breathe. ( Scotch.)