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Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.

An*gel"ic*al*ly (&?;), adv. Like an angel.

An*gel"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.

An*gel"i*fy (&?;), v. t. To make like an angel; to angelize. [Obs.] Farindon (1647).

An"gel*ize (&?;), v. t. To raise to the state of an angel; to render angelic.

It ought not to be our object to angelize, nor to brutalize, but to humanize man. W. Taylor.

An"gel*like` (&?;), a. & adv. Resembling an angel.

An`gel*ol"a*try (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; angel + &?; service, worship.] Worship paid to angels.

An`gel*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [L. angelus, Gr. &?; + -logy.] A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.

The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.

An`gel*oph"a*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; angel + &?; to appear.] The actual appearance of an angel to man.

An"ge*lot (&?;), n. [F. angelot, LL. angelotus, angellotus, dim. of angelus. See Angel.] 1. A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]

2. An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

3. A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.

||An"ge*lus (&?;), n. [L.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell. Shipley.

An"ger (a"gr), n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction, anger, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. ånger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. 'a`gchein to strangle, Skr. ahas pain, and to E. anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. √3.] 1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.]

I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.

2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.

Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him. Shak.

Syn. -- Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. -- Anger, Indignation, Resentment, Wrath, Ire, Rage, Fury. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See Resentment. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence.

An"ger (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Angered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Angering.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.]

He . . . angereth malign ulcers. Bacon.

2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.

Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. Clarendon.

An"ger*ly, adv. Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic]

Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. Shak.

An"ge*vine (&?;), a. [F. Angevin.] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. -- n. A native of Anjou.

||An`gi*en"chy*ma (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; receptacle + &?;. Formed like Parenchyma.] (Bot.) Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.