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*an"drous (&?;). [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man.] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.

A*near" (&?;), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + near.] Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge.

The measure of misery anear us. I. Taylor.

A*near", v. t. & i. To near; to approach. [Archaic]

A*neath" (&?;), prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.] Beneath. [Scot.]

An"ec*do`tage (&?;), n. Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.

An"ec*do`tal (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.

An"ec*dote (&?;), n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. &?; not published; 'an priv. + &?; given out, &?; to give out, to publish; &?; out + &?; to give. See Dose, n.] 1. pl. Unpublished narratives. Burke.

2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.

{ An`ec*dot"ic (&?;), An`ec*dot"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical traditions." Bolingbroke.

An"ec*do"tist (&?;), n. One who relates or collects anecdotes.

An"e*lace (&?;), n. Same as Anlace.

A*nele" (&?;), v. t. [OE. anelien; an on + AS. ele oil, L. oleum. See Oil, Anoil.] 1. To anoint. Shipley.

2. To give extreme unction to. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

An`e*lec"tric (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + E. electric.] (Physics) Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n. A substance incapable of being electrified by friction. Faraday.

An`e*lec"trode (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; up + E. electrode.] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery.

||An`e*lec*trot"o*nus (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; up + E. electrotonus.] (Physiol.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.

A*nem"o*gram (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wind + - gram.] A record made by an anemograph.

A*nem"o*graph (-grf), n. [Gr. &?; wind + -graph.] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.

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A*nem`o*graph"ic (*nm`*grf"k), a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.

An`e*mog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wind + -graphy.] 1. A description of the winds.

2. The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.

An`e*mol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wind + - logy.] The science of the wind.

An`e*mom"e*ter (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; wind + - meter.] An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

{ An`e*mo*met"ric (&?;), An`e*mo*met"ric*al (&?;), } a. Of or pertaining to anemometry.

An`e*mo*met"ro*graph (&?;), n. [Anemometer + -graph.] An anemograph. Knight.