Part 476

<hw>A*not"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Annotto</er>.</def>

<h1>Anoura</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An*ou"ra</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Anura</er>.</def>

<h1>Anourous</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An*ou"rous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Anurous</er>.</def>

<h1>Ansa</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"sa</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ans\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a handle.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.</def>

<h1>Ansated</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"sa*ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ansatus</ets>, fr. <ets>ansa</ets> a handle.]</ety> <def>Having a handle.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Anserated</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"ser*a`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; <as>as, an <ex>anserated</ex> cross</as>.</def>

<h1>Anseres</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"se*res</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., geese.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.</def>

<h1>Anseriformes</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An`se*ri*for"mes</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.</def>

<h1>Anserine</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"ser*ine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anserinus</ets>, fr. <ets>anser</ets> a goose.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the Anseres.</def>

<h1>Anserous</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"ser*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anser</ets> a goose.]</ety> <def>Resembling a goose; silly; simple.</def>

<i>Sydney Smith.</i>

<h1>Answer</h1> <Xpage=61>

<hw>An"swer</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Answered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Answering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>andswerien</ets>, AS. <ets>andswerian</ets>, <ets>andswarian</ets>, to answer, fr. <ets>andswaru</ets>, n., answer. See <er>Answer</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; <as>as, to <ex>answer</ex> a charge; to <ex>answer</ex> an accusation.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>answers</b> him as if she knew his mind. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus <b>answered</b> soon his bold compeer. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.</def>