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<h1>Anagoge</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*go"ge</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a leading up; <?/ + <?/ a leading, <?/ to lead.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An elevation of mind to things celestial.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.</def>

<h1>Anagogic, Anagogical</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw><hw>An`a*gog"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`a*gog"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; <as>as, the <ex>rest</ex> of the Sabbath, in an <ex>anagogical</ex> sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an <ex>anagogical</ex> explication.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`a*gog"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Anagogics</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*gog"ics</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.</def>

<i>L. Addison.</i>

<h1>Anagogy</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*go`gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Anagoge</er>.</def>

<h1>Anagram</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*gram</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>anagramme</ets>, LL. <ets>anagramma</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ back, again + <?/ to write. See <er>Graphic</er>.]</ety> <def>Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus <i>Galenus</i> becomes <i>angelus</i>; <i>William Noy</i> (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into <i>I moyl in law</i>.</def>

<h1>Anagram</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*gram</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To anagrammatize.</def>

<blockquote>Some of these <b>anagramed</b> his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. <i>Warburton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anagrammatic, Anagrammatical</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw><hw>An`a*gram*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`a*gram*mat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anagramtique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, containing, or making, anagram.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Anagrammatism</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*gram"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>anagrammatisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or practice of making anagrams.</def>

<i>Camden.</i>

<h1>Anagrammatist</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*gram"ma*tist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anagrammatiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A maker anagrams.</def>

<h1>Anagrammatize</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An`a*gram"ma*tize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cf. F. <ets>anagrammatiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Anagraph</h1> <Xpage=52>

<hw>An"a*graph</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a writing out, fr. <?/ to write out, to record; <?/ + <?/ to write.]</ety> <def>An inventory; a record.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Knowles.</i>

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