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A*non"y*mous, a. [Gr. &?; without name; 'an priv. + &?;, Eol. for &?; name. See Name.] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

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A*non"y*mous*ly (*nn"*ms*l), adv. In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift.

A*non"y*mous*ness, n. The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge.

An"o*phyte (n"*ft), n. [Gr. 'a`nw upward (fr. 'ana` up) + fyto`n a plant, fy`ein to grow.] (Bot.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

||An"o*pla (n"*pl), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed.] (Zoöl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.

An*op"lo*there (n*p"l*thr), ||An`o*plo*the"ri*um (n`*pl*th"r*m), n. [From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

||An`o*plu"ra (n`*pl"r), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`plon weapon, sting + o'yra` tail.] (Zoöl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

{ ||A*nop"si*a (*np"s*), An"op`sy (n"p`s), } a. [Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight.] (Med.) Want or defect of sight; blindness.

{ ||An`o*rex"i*a (&?;), An"o*rex`y (&?;) } n. [Gr. &?;; 'an priv. + &?; desire, appetite, &?; desire.] (Med.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Coxe.

A*nor"mal (&?;), a. [F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal.] Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]

A*norn (&?;), v. t. [OF. aörner, aöurner, fr. L. adornare to adorn. The form a- ourne was corrupted into anourne.] To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson.

A*nor"thic (&?;), a. [See Anorthite.] (Min.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

A*nor"thite (&?;), n. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; straight (&?; sc. &?; right angle); not in a right angle.] A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

A*nor"tho*scope (&?;), n. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; straight + -scope.] (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

||A*nos"mi*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &?; smell.] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell.

An*oth"er (&?;), pron. & a. [An a, one + other.] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak.

Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak.

2. Not the same; different.

He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak.

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2.

While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.

As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.

An*oth"er-gaines` (&?;), a. [Corrupted fr. another-gates.] Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

An*oth"er-gates` (&?;), a. [Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates.] Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.

An*oth"er-guess (&?;), a. [Corrupted fr. another-gates.] Of another sort. [Archaic]