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-a"na (&?;). [The neut. pl. ending of Latin adjectives in - anus.] A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.

It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is worth all the ana of the Continent. Hallam.

An`a*bap"tism (&?;), n. [L. anabaptismus, Gr. 'anabaptismo`s: cf. F. anabaptisme. See Anabaptize.] The doctrine of the Anabaptists.

An`a*bap"tist (&?;), n. [LL. anabaptista, fr. Gr. as if 'anabaptisth`s: cf. F. anabaptiste.] A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

In church history, the name Anabaptists usually designates a sect of fanatics who greatly disturbed the peace of Germany, the Netherlands, etc., in the Reformation period. In more modern times the name has been applied to those who do not regard infant baptism as real and valid baptism.

{ An`a*bap*tis"tic (&?;), An`a*bap*tis"tic*al (&?;), } a. Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines. Milton. Bp. Bull.

An`a*bap"tist*ry (&?;), n. The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [R.]

Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was suppressed in Munster. Pagitt.

An`a*bap*tize" (&?;), v. t. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; again + &?; to baptize. See Baptize.] To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock.

||An"a*bas (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, p. p. of &?; to advance.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.

||A*nab"a*sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to go up; &?; up + &?; to go.] 1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."

The anabasis of Napoleon. De Quincey.

2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs.]

An`a*bat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]

An`a*bol"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; something heaped up; &?; + &?; a stroke.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

A*nab"o*lism (&?;), n. (Physiol.) The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.

An`a*camp"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; to bend back; &?; back + &?; to bend.] Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called catoptric. See Catoptrics.

An`a*camp"tic*al*ly (&?;), adv. By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton.

An`a*camp"tics (&?;), n. 1. The science of reflected light, now called catoptrics.

2. The science of reflected sounds.

{ ||An`a*can"thi*ni (&?;), An"a*canths (&?;), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &?; thorny, fr. &?; thorn.] (Zoöl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.

An`a*can"thous (&?;), a. Spineless, as certain fishes.

An`a*car"di*a"ceous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

An`a*car"dic (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

||An`a*car"di*um (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; similar to + &?; heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

An`a*ca*thar"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; &?; + &?;. See Cathartic.] (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. -- n. An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.