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

A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude. A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel. Berkeley.

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "father."

Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to pl. analogies. Johnson.

al elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

ure of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their reFuller.

A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.

An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

ied form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh."

omical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

A female anchoret. And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.

An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence. The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof. Isa. iii. 14.

Antiquity; what is ancient. They contain not word of ancientry. West.

Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. Hallam.

An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.

particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.

Doubt; uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford.