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ication, 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.

One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

dversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

A space inclosed or reserved at the entrance to the choir, for the clergy and choristers.

Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.

Resembling an anther.

Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n.

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

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

*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv. The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers.

A grotesque representation. [Obs.]

To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired.

To fortify or preserve by an antidote.

which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.