Part 522

<i>J. D. Forbes</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; restlessness. See <er>Care</er>.</syn>

<h1>Anxious</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>Anx"ious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anxius</ets>, fr. <ets>angere</ets> to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. <?/ to choke. See <er>Anger</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; <as>as, <ex>anxious</ex> for the issue of a battle</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; <as>as, <ex>anxious</ex> labor</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all <b>anxious</b> cares. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Earnestly desirous; <as>as, <ex>anxious</ex> to please</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He sneers alike at those who are <b>anxious</b> to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note><i>Anxious<i> is followed by <it>for</it>, <it>about</it>, <it>concerning</it>, etc., before the object of solicitude.

<syn>Syn. -- Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.</syn>

<h1>Anxiously</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>Anx"ious*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.</def>

<h1>Anxiousness</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>Anx"ious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.</def>

<h1>Any</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & pron.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>\'91ni<?/</ets>, <ets>\'91ni</ets>, <ets>eni</ets>, <ets>ani</ets>, <ets>oni</ets>, AS. <ets>\'d6nig</ets>, fr. <ets>\'ben</ets> one. It is akin to OS. <ets>\'c7nig</ets>, OHG. <ets>einic</ets>, G. <ets>einig</ets>, D. <ets>eenig</ets>. See <er>One</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Any</i> is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at <i>any</i> time; I ask <i>any</i> one to answer my question.</note>

<blockquote>No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth <b>any</b> man the Father, save the Son. <i>Matt. xi. 27.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there <i>any</i> witnesses present? are there <i>any</i> other houses like it?</def> "Who will show us <i>any</i> good?"

<i>Ps. iv. 6.</i>

<note>It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (<tt>pl.</tt>) any persons.</note>

<blockquote>If <b>any</b> of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, . . . and it shall be given him. <i>Jas. i. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That if he found <b>any</b> of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. <i>Acts ix. 2.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>At any rate</col>, <col>In any case</col></mcol>, <cd>whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.</cd></cs>

<h1>Any</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>To any extent; in any degree; at all.</def>