a. Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray + &unr_; a ring. ] (Zool.) A peculiar larval form of
a. Pertaining to adenotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Adeno- + Gr. &unr_; a cutting, &unr_; to cut. ] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mus.) One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to set. appoint. ] [ Antiq. ] An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to the office of an agonothete. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; sleepless; &unr_; to chase, search for + &unr_; sleep: cf. F. agrypnotique. ] Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Affected with albinism. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation. ] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural;
n. An annotator. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] A writer of annotations; a commentator. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. annotinus a year old. ] (Zool.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. annotinus, fr. annus year. ] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths. [ 1913 Webster ]
pron. & a. [ An a, one + other. ]
Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, “love one another, ” that is, let each love the other or others. “These two imparadised in one another's arms.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another kind. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another sort. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]
See Antihypnotic. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep. --
n. Same as Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; bearing males; &unr_; a male + &unr_; a bringing forth. ] (Zool.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. --
n. [ Auto- + hypnotism. ] Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
☞ In the United States popularly called a
a. [ L. bini two at a time + tonus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, tone. ] Consisting of two notes;
n. A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A knot of ribbons worn on the breast. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus comprising the carpenter ants.
[ Can to be able + -not. ] Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ After N. L. S.
n. [ Gr.
A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cenotaph. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
In hair dressing, a loose, low coil at the back of the head, like the knot on the head of the bust of Clytie by
v. t. [ L. con- + notatus, p. p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote. ] To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. connotation. ] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit. Contrasted with
a.
Connotative term,
adv. In a connotative manner; expressing connotation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
The word “white” denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute “whiteness.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Naut.) A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also