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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.

To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. Warburton.

Pertaining to, containing, or making, anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden.

A maker anagrams.

To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth.

An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles.

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

Same as Appanage.

ongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth . . . the appanage of wit." Swift.

A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

See Appanage.

See Alnage and Alnager.

A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion.

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

Playful raillery; banter. "He . . . indulged himself only in an elegant badinage." Warburton.

See Barbicanage.

Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.]