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or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. Did you ever know of anything so unlucky A. Trollope. They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.

One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

One to whom anything is legally abandoned.

Anything forfeited or confiscated.

A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.] Fuller.

One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [R.]

That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.

Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt. proved an abortiori.

Anything which absorbs. The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. Darwin.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.

Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Elmes.

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. He conceived it just that accidentals . . . should sink with the substance of the accusation. Fuller.

Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accomodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. Sir W. Scott.

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.

Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.

One to whom anything is addressed.

Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

That which is mixed with anything.

That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.