anagogy (anagoji)

[As anagoge, with suffix a imilated to the more common suffix -y.] Same as anagoge. anagram (an'a-gram), n. [ transpose the letters of a word so as to form another, γράμμα(τ-), a letter: see gram2, grammar.] 1. A transposition of the letters of a word or sentence, to form a new word or sentence: thus, Galenus is an anagram of angelus. Dr. Burney's anagram of Horatio Nelson is one of the happiest, Honor est a Nilo (Honor is from the Nile). 2. A word formed by reading the letters of one or more words backward; a palindrome: thus, evil is an anagram of live . anagrammatist (an-a-gram'a-tist), n. [ an a gramma ( t- ) + -ist .] A maker of anagrams. anagrammatize (an-a-gram'a-tiz), v.; pret. and pp. anagrammatized , ppr. anagrammatizing . [= F.anagram mat i ser , άναγραμματίζειν : see anagram.] I. trans . To transpose, as the let- ters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Within this circle is Jehovah's name, Forward, and backward, anagram at is'd . shrikes, of the family Artamida , established by Swains on in 1831. A. sanguinolent us, of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, is the leading species. analcite (a-nal'sīt), n. [ ἀναλκις , without strength, feeble (see Analcipus ), + -ite2 .] A zeolitic mineral, a hydrous silicate of aluminium and sodium, generally found erys- tallized in trapezohedral crystals, but also mas- sive. It is of frequent occurrence in trap-rocks, espe- cially in the cavities of amygdaloids. It melts under the blowpipe into a semi-transparent gla . The name has ref- erence to its weak electric power when heated or rubbed. Also called analcim , analcime . analect (an'a-lekt), n . [ analectus , ἀναλέγειν , gather up, ἀνά , up, + λέγειν , pick up, = L. legere , gather, read: see legend , lection .] A small piece selected from a literary work; an extract; a literary fragment: usually in plural, analects or analecta (which see). - Analects of Confucius, a name given to a collection of such sayings of the Chinese sage Confucius as his disciples, long after his death, could recall. analecta (an-a-lek'tā), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of analectus: see analect .] Selected pa ages from the writings of an author or of different authors; a title for a collection of choice extracts. See analect. analectic (an-a-lek'tik), a. [ analect + -ic.] Relating to analects, collections, or selections; made up of selections: as, an analectic mag a- zine. II. in trans. To make anagrams. Also spelled anagrammatise. anagrapht (an'a-graf), n. [ ἀνά , up, + γράφειν , άφειν , engrave, write.] 1. An inventory. Blount. 2. A prescription or recipe. Syd. Soc. Lex. anagua (an-ä'gwä), n. [Mex. Sp.] A name given in Texas to a low boraginace boraginaceous tree, Ehretia elliptic a ; the knock away. Also spelled IMG:content-0686.png:[blocks in formation] a sun-dial which showed the latitude and meri- dian of a place, ἀνάλημμα , a sun-dial, a sling for a wounded arm, a wall for underpropping, any support, ἀναλαμβάνειν , take up, ava , up, columns have, and any pair of rows have the same num. ber of like squares in a single column. an allantoic (an-al-an-to'ik), a. [ av -priv. (a-18) + allantoic .] Having no allantois. An all an to idea (an-al-an-toi de-a), n . pl . [NL., ἀλλαντοειδής : see allantois , allan- toid .] Those vertebrates which have no allan- to is; the Ichthyopsid a , or amphibians and fishes: synonymous with An amnion at a , and op- posed to All an to idea . an all an to i dean (an-al-an-toi'de-an), a. and n . [ An all an to idea +-an.] I. a. Having no allan- to is; of or pertaining to the An all an to idea . II. n. One of the An all an to idea . analoga, n. Plural of analogon . + λαμβάνειν, λαβεῖν, take. Cf. lemma , dilemma .] analog alt (an-al'ō-gal), a . [L. analog us (see 1. A form of sun-dial, now disused.-2. In analogous) + -al . ] Analogous. Sir M. Hale. geom . , an orthographic projection of the sphere analog i a, n. Plural of analogium , analog i on . on the plane of the meridian, the eye being analogic (an-a-loj'ik), a . Same as analogical . supposed to be at an infinite distance, and in analogical (an-a-loj'i-kal), a. [L. analogic us , the east or west point of the horizon. Hence -3. An instrument of wood or bra on which a projection of this nature is drawn, formerly used in solving astronomical problems.-4. A tabu- lated scale, usually drawn in the form of the figure 8, depicted acro the torrid zone on a terrestrial globe, to show the sun's declination and the equation of time on any day of the year. an a leps i a (an-a-lep'si-a), n. [NL.] Same as an a leps is and analepsy . an a leps is (an-a-lep's is), n. [NL., ληψις , a taking up, recovery, άναλαμβάνειν , take up, get back, recover one's breath: see ana- lemma .] In med .: ( a ) Recovery of strength after disease. (b) A kind of sympathetic epilepsy from gastric disturbance. Also called an a leps i a analepsy (an'a-lep-si), n. [ an a leps is , q. v.] 1. Same as analep- sis .-2. Reparation or amendment. had no principle of analepsy in his intellectual furnishing by which a word, once become obscure from a real or sup- posed lo of parts or meaning, can be repaired, amended, analeptic (an-a-lep'tik), α. [ ανάληψις , restitution, recovery: see an a leps is .] Restoring; invigorating; giv- ing strength after disease: as, an analeptic medicine. Analges (a-nal'jēz), n. [NL., av- priv. + άλγος, pain.] A genus of mites founded by Nitzsch, type of the family An algid a . analgesia (an-al-je'si-ä), n. [NL., άναλ- γησία , painle ne , ἀνάλγητος , painle (cf. άναλγής , painle ), άν- priv. + ἀλγεῖν , feel pain, pathol ., the incapacity of feeling pain in a part, although the tactile sense may be more or le preserved. Also called analgesic (an-al-jes'ik), a . and n. [ analgesia +-ic; according to Gr. analogies, the form should be analgetic , q. v.] Same as analgetic . analgetic (an-al-jet'ik), a . and n. [ γητος , painle (see analgesia ), + -ic. Cf. an- algesic .] I. a. Pertaining to or characterized by analgesia; insensible. The skin [of a hypnotized patient] is somewhat anal- getic , with more or le anæsthesia. Birds. are analogically related only according to the sum of unlike characters employed for similar pur- poses. Coues , Key to N. A. Birds, p. 68. an a logicalne (an-a-loj'i-kal-nes), n . The qual- ity of being analogical; fitne to be used by way of analogy. analog i on (an-a-lō'ji-on), n.; pl. analog i a (-a). Same as analogium . analogise, v. See analogize . analogismt (a-nal'ō-jizm), n. [ ἀναλογίζεσθαι , calculate, consider; influenced by ἀνάλογος (see analogous ), but rather directly ἀνά , through, + λογίζεσθαι , count, reckon, con- sider, logic , etc.] 1. In logic , an argument from the cause to the effect; an a prior i argu- ment.-2. Investigation of things by their analogies; reasoning from analogy.-3. In med ., diagnosis by analogy. analogist (a-nal'ō-jist), n. [ analogy + -ist .] One who employs or argues from analogy. which removes pain. [NL., analgesia . mite of the family IMG:content-0687.png:[blocks in formation]