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[ME. an, see on, an -1, an -1, a3, a -2.] An earlier form of on, retained until the last century in certain phrases, as an edge, an end, now only on edge, on end; in present use only as an unfelt prefix an- or re See an -1, a -2. lieves in Amyraldism, or the doctrine of uni-an-, usually on-; in reduced form, a, prefix a-: versal grace. amyrin (am'i-rin), n. [ Amyris , a genus of tropical trees and shrubs, yielding resinous products.] A crystalline resin, C40H660, ob- tained from the gum elemi of Mexico. amy-root (a'mi-röt), n. [ amy , native name (?), + root1 .] 1.) The root of the Indian hemp, Apo- cynum cannabinum. duced a-. an-1. [ an un gin, the same as on-1 and a-2, occurring felt in anent, anon, anan, an(n)eall, an(n)eal2, an etc., and with accent in anvil (but in this and some other words perhaps originally and-: see an2 ). n-2. [ an-3. [ IMG:content-0676.png:[ocr errors] encheason, etc.] A prefix of Latin origin, usually an a imilation of ad- before n-, as in annex, annul, announce, etc., but sometimes representing Latin in-, as in anoint, annoy. an-4. [L. an-, orig. ambi-: see ambi-.] A prefix of Latin origin, a reduced form of ambi-, occurring (unfelt in English) in ancile, ancipital, anfractuous, etc. an-5. [ -an. [ IMG:content-0677.png:[blocks in formation] anabamous (an-ab'a-mus), a. [Irreg.