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Divination by the entrails of human being.

Pertaining to anthropometry.

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

Of or pertaining to anthromorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

to anthropomorphism. Kitto.

Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.

To attribute a human form or personality to. You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell.

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

Transformation into the form of a human being.

Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthromorphous plant. "Anthromorphous apes." Darwin.

The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al (#), a.

Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] -- An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv. The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers.

n feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.

One who ascribes human feelings to deity.

Man eaters; cannibals. Shak.

Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.