Part 408

<i>Milton. Bp. Bull.</i>

<h1>Anabaptistry</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*bap"tist*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thus died this imaginary king; and <b>Anabaptistry</b> was suppressed in Munster. <i>Pagitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anabaptize</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*bap*tize"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ again + <?/ to baptize. See <er>Baptize</er>.]</ety> <def>To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Whitlock.</i>

<h1>Anabas</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*bas</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, p. p. of <?/ to advance.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes.</def>

<h1>Anabasis</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*nab"a*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to go up; <?/ up + <?/ to go.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."</def>

<blockquote>The <b>anabasis</b> of Napoleon. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Anabatic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*bat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to anabasis; <as>as, an <ex>anabatic</ex> fever</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Anabolic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*bol"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ something heaped up; <?/ + <?/ a stroke.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to anabolism; an <i>anabolic</i> changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.</def>

<h1>Anabolism</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>A*nab"o*lism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from <i>katabolism</i>.</def>

<h1>Anacamptic</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*camp"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to bend back; <?/ back + <?/ to bend.]</ety> <def>Reflecting of reflected; <as>as, an <ex>anacamptic</ex> sound (and echo)</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; The word was formerly applied to that part of optics which treats of reflection; the same as what is now called <i>catoptric</i>. See <er>Catoptrics</er>.</note>

<h1>Anacamptically</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*camp"tic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By reflection; <as>as, echoes are sound produced <ex>anacamptically</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Hutton.</i>

<h1>Anacamptics</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*camp"tics</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science of reflected light, now called <i>catoptrics</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The science of reflected sounds.</def>