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An"thro*poid (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; man + - oid.] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape.

An`thro*poid"al (&?;), a. Anthropoid.

||An`thro*poid"e*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Anthropoid.] (Zoöl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

An`thro*pol"a*try (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; worship.] Man worship.

An*throp"o*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + - lite.] (Paleon.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.

{ An`thro*po*log"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*log"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

An`thro*pol"o*gist (&?;), n. One who is versed in anthropology.

An`thro*pol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -logy.] 1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

2. The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.

3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.

An"thro*po*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -mancy.] Divination by the entrails of human being.

{ An`thro*po*met"ric (&?;), An`thro*po*met"ric*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to anthropometry.

An`thro*pom"e*try (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + -mercy.] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

||An`thro*po*mor"pha (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Anthropomorphism.] (Zoöl.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

An`thro*po*mor"phic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly (&?;), adv.

An`thro*po*mor"phism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; of human form; &?; man + &?; form.] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.

An`thro*po*mor"phist (&?;), n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

An`thro*po*mor"phite (&?;), n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

An`thro*po*mor*phit"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) to anthropomorphism. Kitto.

An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism (&?;), n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.

An`thro*po*mor"phize (&?;), v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to.

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

An`thro*po*mor*phol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism.] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

An`thro*po*mor"pho*sis (&?;), n. Transformation into the form of a human being.

An`thro*po*mor"phous (&?;), a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. "Anthropomorphous apes." Darwin.

{ An`thro*po*path"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*path"ic*al (&?;), } a. Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] -- An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv.

The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers.