Part 452

<hw>An"il</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>anil</ets>, Sp. <ets>an\'c6l</ets>, or Pg. <ets>anil</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>an</ets>-<ets>n\'c6l</ets>, for <ets>al</ets>-<ets>n\'c6l</ets> the indigo plant, fr. Skr. <ets>n\'c6la</ets> dark blue, <ets>n\'c6l\'c6</ets> indigo, indigo plant. Cf. <er>Lilac</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A West Indian plant <spn>(Indigofera anil)</spn>, one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.</def>

<h1>Anile</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An"ile</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anilis</ets>, fr. <ets>anus</ets> an old woman.]</ety> <def>Old-womanish; imbecile.</def> "<i>Anile</i> ideas."

<i>Walpole.</i>

<h1>Anileness</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An"ile*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anility.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Anilic</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An*il"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Anilide</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An"i*lide</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.</def>

<h1>Aniline</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An"i*line</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Anil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.</def>

<h1>Aniline</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An"i*line</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.</def>

<h1>Anility</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>A*nil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anilitas</ets>. See <er>Anile</er>.]</ety> <def>The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.</def> "Marks of <i>anility</i>."

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Animadversal</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An`i*mad*ver"sal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The faculty of perceiving; a percipient.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Animadversion</h1> <Xpage=58>

<hw>An`i*mad*ver"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>animadversio</ets>, fr. <ets>animadvertere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>animadversion</ets>. See <er>Animadvert</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The soul is the sole percipient which hath <b>animadversion</b> and sense, properly so called. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Monition; warning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.</def>

<blockquote>He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp <b>animadversions</b>. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "Divine animadversions."