Part 407

<h1>Amyous</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>Am"y*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Wanting in muscle; without flesh.</def>

<h1>Amyss</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>Am"yss</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Amice</er>, a hood or cape.</def>

<h1>An</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[AS. <ets>\'ben</ets> one, the same word as the numeral. See <er>One</er>, and cf. <er>A</er>.]</ety> <def>This word is properly an <i>adjective</i>, but is commonly called the <i>indefinite article</i>. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies <i>one</i>, or <i>any</i>, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice <i>an</i> hour," "once <i>an</i> age," a shilling <i>an</i> ounce (see 2d <er>A</er>, <er>2</er>), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to <i>each</i>, <i>every</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>An</i> is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound; as, <i>an</i> enemy, <i>an</i> hour. It in also often used before <i>h sounded</i>, when the accent of the word falls on the second syllable; as, <i>an</i> historian, <i>an</i> hyena, <i>an</i> heroic deed. Many writers use <i>a</i> before <i>h</i> in such positions. Anciently <i>an</i> was used before consonants as well as vowels.</note>

<h1>An</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An</hw>, <tt>conj.</tt> <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>and</ets>, OE. <ets>an</ets>., <ets>and</ets>, sometimes <ets>and if</ets>, in introducing conditional clauses, like Icel. <ets>enda</ets> if, the same word as <ets>and</ets>. Prob. <ets>and</ets> was originally pleonastic before the conditional clause.]</ety> <def>If; -- a word used by old English authors.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Nay, <b>an</b> thou dalliest, then I am thy foe. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>An if</col>, <cd>and if; if.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ana-</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a-</hw>. <ety>[/Gr. <?/ on; <ets>in comp</ets>., on, up, upwards.]</ety> <def>A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting <i>up</i>, <i>upward</i>, <i>throughout</i>, <i>backward</i>, <i>back</i>, <i>again</i>, <i>anew</i>.</def>

<h1>Ana</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (used distributively).]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of each; an equal quantity; <as>as, wine and honey, <ex>ana</ex> (or, contracted, <ex>aa</ex>), <?/ ij</as>., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.</def>

<blockquote>An apothecary with a . . . long bill of <b>anas</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>ana</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>*a"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[The neut. pl. ending of Latin adjectives in -<ets>anus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, <i>Scaligerana</i> is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, <i>Johnsoniana</i> of Johnson, etc.</def>

<note>Used also as a substantive; as, the French <i>anas</i></note>.

<blockquote>It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is worth all the <b>ana</b> of the Continent. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anabaptism</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*bap"tism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anabaptismus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>anabaptisme</ets>. See <er>Anabaptize</er>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine of the Anabaptists.</def>

<h1>Anabaptist</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*bap"tist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>anabaptista</ets>, fr. Gr. as if <ets><?/</ets>: <ets>cf</ets>. <ets>F</ets>. <ets>anabaptiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<h1>Anabaptistic, Anabaptistical</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw><hw>An`a*bap*tis"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`a*bap*tis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating or attributed to the Anabaptists, or their doctrines.</def>