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A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia. -- n.

ity; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19.

the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go. At least to try and teach the erring soul. Milton.

in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.

An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.

A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.

An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.

A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [Obs.] The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill.

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

owed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive. The animation of the same soul quickening the whole frame. Bp. Hall. Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I posses of animation. Landor.

The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

An initial sound, as of a word or syllable.

The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop.

Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23º 28min. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.