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To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. Macaulay.

The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.

Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im…

A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

Anticipating; expectant; -- with of. Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey.

ason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.

Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [Colloq. or Lowx] I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson.

A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming.

a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter. To apologize for his insolent language. Froude.

rk or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.

The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape. Parker.

The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey.

A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.