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<h1>Anapnoic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`ap*no"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ respiration.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relating to respiration.</def>

<h1>Anapodeictic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*ap`o*deic"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/. See <er>Apodeictic</er>.]</ety> <def>Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Anapophysis</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`a*poph"y*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ back + <?/ offshoot.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An accessory process in many lumbar vertebr\'91.</def>

<h1>Anaptotic</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An`ap*tot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ back + <?/ belonging to case.]</ety> <def>Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; <as>as, <ex>anaptotic</ex> languages</as>.</def>

<h1>Anaptychus</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An*ap"ty*chus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anaptichi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ unfolding; <?/ back + <?/ to fold.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.</def>

<h1>Anarch</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"arch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without head or chief; <?/ priv. + <?/ beginning, the first place, magistracy, government.]</ety> <def>The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Imperial <b>anarchs</b> doubling human woes. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anarchal</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>A*nar"chal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lawless; anarchical.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men <b>anarchal</b> which are in a state of effervescence. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anarchic, Anarchical</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw><hw>A*nar"chic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*nar"chic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anarchique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; <as>as, <ex>anarchic</ex> despotism; <ex>anarchical</ex> opinions.</as></def>

<h1>Anarchism</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"arch*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anarchisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine or practice of anarchists.</def>

<h1>Anarchist</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"arch*ist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>anarchiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.</def>

<h1>Anarchize</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"arch*ize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To reduce to anarchy.</def>

<h1>Anarchy</h1> <Xpage=53>

<hw>An"arch*y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>anarchie</ets>. See <er>Anarch</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.</def>

<blockquote>Spread <b>anarchy</b> and terror all around. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

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