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peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.

An elevation of mind to things celestial.

Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv.

Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L. Addison.

Same as Anagoge.

Anthropophagous.

Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

Checking the flow of saliva.

An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.

Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ.

Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.