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Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice.

A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. [R.]

Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.

The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect. -- Pan*psy"chic (#), a. -- Pan*psy"chist (#), n. -- Pan`psy*chis"tic (#), a.

See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.

An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Covered or adorned with pansies. "The pansied grounds." Darwin.

Pertaining to all the Slavic races.

A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.

One who favors Panslavism.

See Panslavic.

All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders. [R.] John Worthington.

Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.] Hartlib.

A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.

Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.

The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of Ant: spontaneous generation.

A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.

A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.

Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.

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