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<h1>Anthropomorphite</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor"phite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. <i>Taylor</i>. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. <i>Tillotson</i>.</def>

<h1>Anthropomorphitic</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor*phit"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>to anthropomorphism.</def>

<i>Kitto.</i>

<h1>Anthropomorphitism</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anthropomorphism.</def>

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<h1>Anthropomorphize</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor"phize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To attribute a human form or personality to.</def>

<blockquote>You may see imaginative children every day <b>anthropomorphizing</b>. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anthropomorphology</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor*phol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-logy</ets>. See <er>Anthropomorphism</er>.]</ety> <def>The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.</def>

<h1>Anthropomorphosis</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor"pho*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Transformation into the form of a human being.</def>

<h1>Anthropomorphous</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*po*mor"phous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; <as>as, an <ex>anthromorphous</ex> plant</as>.</def> "<i>Anthromorphous</i> apes."

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Anthropopathic, Anthropopathical</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw><hw>An`thro*po*path"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`thro*po*path"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to anthropopathy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms></def>

<blockquote>The daring <b>anthropopathic</b> imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. <i>H. Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anthropopathism, Anthropopathy</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw><hw>An`thro*pop"a*thism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`thro*pop"a*thy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ man + <?/ suffering, affection, passion, <?/, <?/, to suffer.]</ety> <def>The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.</def>

<blockquote>In its recoil from the gross <b>anthropopathy</b> of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. <i>Hare.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anthropophagi</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`thro*poph"a*gi</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ eating men; <?/ man + + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <def>Man eaters; cannibals.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Anthropophagic, Anthropophagical</h1> <Xpage=63>

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