English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Animadvert
(v. i.)
To consider or remark by way of criticism or
censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon.
Animadvert
(v. i.)
To take cognizance judicially; to inflict
punishment.
Animadverted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Animadvert
Animadverter
(n.)
One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a
chastiser.
Animadverting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Animadvert
Animal
(n.)
An organized living being endowed with sensation and the
power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food
into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic
acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by
increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to
maturity.
Animal
(a.)
Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
Animal
(a.)
Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as
distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as,
the animal passions or appetites.
Animal
(n.)
One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as
distinguished from man; as, men and animals.
Animal
(a.)
Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
Animalcula
(pl. )
of Animalculum
Animalcular
(a.)
Alt. of Animalculine
Animalcule
(n.)
A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
Animalcule
(n.)
An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye.
See Infusoria.
Animalculine
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.
Animalculism
(n.)
The theory which seeks to explain certain
physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
Animalculist
(n.)
One versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
Animalculist
(n.)
A believer in the theory of animalculism.
Animalculum
(n.)
An animalcule.
Animalish
(a.)
Like an animal.