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a._ entertain with tranquillity; draw on from time to time
ANA'LOGY, _s._ resemblance between things with regard to some
circumstances or effects
ANATO'MICAL, _a._ relating or belonging to anatomy
ANA'TOMY, _s._ the art of dissecting the body; the doctrine of the
structure of the body
A'NCESTOR, _s._ one from whom a person descends
A'NCIENT, _a._ old; past; former
A'NECDOTE, _s._ something yet unpublished; biographical history;
personal history
ANEMO'METER, _s._ an instrument to measure the force of the wind
ANGE'LIC, _a._ resembling angels; belonging to angels
A'NIMAL, _s._ a living creature
ANIMA'LCULE, _s._ a small animal, generally applied to those which
cannot be seen without a microscope
ANIMO'SITY, _s._ vehemence of hatred; passionate malignity
ANNIHILATE, _v.a._ reduce to nothing; destroy
ANNO'Y, _v.a._ incommode; vex; tease; molest
A'NNUAL, _a._ that comes yearly
A'NTELOPE, _s._ a goat with curled or wreathed horns
ANTHROPO'PHAGI, _s._ man-eaters; cannibals
ANTI'CIPATE, _v.a._ take an impression of something which is not yet as
if it really was
A'NTIQUARY, _s._ a man studious of antiquity
ANTI'QUE, _a._ ancient; old; odd; of old fashion
ANTI'QUITY, _s.


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