any, anie, ani (eny)

[A.S. ænig, æneg, eng any, any one from an = one, and suffix- ig = Eng. -ic having. In Dut. eenig; Ger. einige.] At least one, if not even a few. Used IMG:content-0602.png:[graphic] 1. As a singular: (a) Of persons or living existences, not excluding the Supreme Being himself. (It is used in opposition to no or none .) "And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindne for Jonathan's sake?"-2 Sam . ix. 1. "Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any."-/ sa . xliv. 8. 252 (b) Of things, in the most extensive sense; an amount small, but not precisely defined of anything; some. "The was of hin fer ear bi-foun, Or ani werldes time boren' Story of Gen. and Exod . (ed. Morris), 47, 48. "They loved armes, and knighthood did ensew, Seeking adventures where they anie knew." Spenser: F. Q., IV. ii. 46. "There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?" Ps. iv. 6. 2. As a plural : Any living beings, any persons, any things. if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem."- Acts ix. 2. anybody (en-ỹ-bod-ỹ), s. body.] Any person. [ Eng . any ; "His Majesty could not keep any secret from any body."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , chap. xii. Whilst the expre ion "anybody," spelled as one word, is applied to persons, as in the foregoing example, "any body" standing as two distinct words, is used only of material things, as the human body, a planet, . anyhow (ěn'-ý-how), adv. [ Eng. any; how.] At any rate, any way, some way or other, in any case. ( Colloquial.) anything, any-thing, any thing (ěn'-ỹthing), s. [Eng. any; thing.] 1. Any thing; something or other. IMG:content-0603.png:[blocks in formation] 44 Mr. Facing-both-ways, also Mr. Smooth man, Mr. Faci Mr. Anything."-Bunyan: P. P., pt. 1.