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The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. Brande.

con. And so forth, and others; and the rest; and similar things; and other things or ingredients. The abbreviation, etc. (et cetera), or &c., is usually read and so forth.

o called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.

hangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

peoples or languages. -- n. One of the Anglo-Indian race born or resident in the East Indies. Anglo-Norman, a. Of or pertaining to the English and Normans, or to the Normans who settled in England. -- n. One of the English Normans, or the Normans who conquered England. Anglo-Saxon. See Anglo-Saxon in the Vocabulary.…

A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.

Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley.

r the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

s, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. Shak.

Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. Milton.

te an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.…

An antimask. [Obs. or R.] Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.

ior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe.

ns of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.