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One addicted to theosophy. The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God, or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an inspiration of his own, for its basis. R. A. Vaughan.

Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.

To practice theosophy. [R.]

Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished f…

Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.

A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.

Guaiacol benzoate, used as an intestinal antiseptic and as a substitute for creosote in phthisis. It is a colorless crystalline pewder.

A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediæval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumed that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of…

A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald.

An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.

An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).

See Creosote.

Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. (Chem.) See Cresol.

A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified.

ine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

ng in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal.

the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.