Chapter 39

An*neal" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annealed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing.] [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an&?;lan; an on + &?;lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro.] 1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.

An*neal"er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, anneals.

An*neal"ing, n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.

An*nec"tent (&?;), a. [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.] Connecting; annexing. Owen.

{ An`ne*lid (&?;), An*nel"i*dan (&?;), } a. [F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida.

||An*nel"i*da (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Annelid.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.

An*nel"i*dous (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of the nature of an annelid.

||An`nel*la"ta (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) See Annelida.

An"ne*loid (&?;), n. [F. annelé ringed + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An animal resembling an annelid.

An*nex" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annexed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.] 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.

2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.

He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.

3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.

An*nex", v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke.

An*nex" (&?;), n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

An`nex*a"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.

An`nex*a"tion*ist, n. One who favors annexation.

An*nex"er (&?;), n. One who annexes.

An*nex"ion (&?;), n. [L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion.] Annexation. [R.] Shak.

An*nex"ion*ist, n. An annexationist. [R.]

An*nex"ment (&?;), n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [R.] Shak.

An*ni"hi*la*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being annihilated.

An*ni"hi*late (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.

It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon.

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay.

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

An*ni"hi*late (an*n"h*lt), a. Annihilated. [Archaic] Swift.

An*ni`hi*la"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F. annihilation.] 1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.

2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker.

An*ni`hi*la"tion*ist, n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.

An*ni"hi*la*tive (&?;), a. Serving to annihilate; destructive.

An*ni"hi*la`tor (&?;), n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.

An*ni"hi*la*to*ry (&?;), a. Annihilative.

An`ni*ver"sa*ri*ly (&?;), adv. Annually. [R.] Bp. Hall.

An`ni*ver"sa*ry (&?;), a. [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.

Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. -- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

An`ni*ver"sa*ry, n.; pl. Anniversaries (&?;). [Cf. F. anniversaire.] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden.

An"ni*verse (&?;), n. [L. anni versus the turning of a year.] Anniversary. [Obs.] Dryden.

An"no*da`ted (&?;), a. [L. ad to + nodus a knot.] (Her.) Curved somewhat in the form of the letter S. Cussans.

||An"no Dom"i*ni (&?;). [L., in the year of [our] Lord [Jesus Christ]; usually abbrev. a. d.] In the year of the Christian era; as, a. d. 1887.

An*nom"i*nate (&?;), v. t. To name. [R.]

An*nom`i*na"tion (&?;), n. [L. annominatio. See Agnomination.] 1. Paronomasia; punning.

2. Alliteration. [Obs.] Tyrwhitt.

An"no*tate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annotated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annotating.] [L. annotatus; p. p. of annotare to annotate; ad + notare to mark, nota mark. See Note, n.] To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

An"no*tate, v. i. To make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.

An`no*ta"tion (&?;), n. [L. annotatio: cf. F. annotation.] A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

An`no*ta"tion*ist, n. An annotator. [R.]

An"no*ta*tive (&?;), a. Characterized by annotations; of the nature of annotation.

An"no*ta`tor (&?;), n. [L.] A writer of annotations; a commentator.

An*no"ta*to*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]

An"no*tine (&?;), n. [L. annotinus a year old.] (Zoöl.) A bird one year old, or that has once molted.

An*not"i*nous (&?;), a. [L. annotinus, fr. annus year.] (Bot.) A year old; in Yearly growths.

An*not"to (&?;), Ar*not"to (&?;), n. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

An*nounce" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing (&?;).] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]

1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Gilpin.

2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Publish laws, announce Or life or death. Prior.

Syn. -- To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate. -- To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.

An*nounce"ment (&?;), n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

An*noun"cer (&?;), n. One who announces.

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An*noy" (n*noi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annoyed (n*noid"); p. pr. & vb. n. Annoying.] [OE. anoien, anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui, enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See Annoy, n.] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? Prior.

2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

Syn. -- To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.

An*noy" (&?;), n. [OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.). See Ennui, Odium, Noisome, Noy.] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.

Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak.

An*noy"ance (&?;), n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller.

For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

2. That which annoys.

A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.

An*noy"er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, annoys.

An*noy"ful (&?;), a. Annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An*noy"ing, a. That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- An*noy"ing*ly, adv.

An*noy"ous (&?;), a. [OF. enuius, anoios.] Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An"nu*al (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.] 1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.

A thousand pound a year, annual support. Shak.

2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.

An"nu*al, n. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.

2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.

Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift.

3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

An"nu*al*ist, n. One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]

An"nu*al*ly, adv. Yearly; year by year.

An"nu*a*ry (&?;), a. [Cf. F. annuaire.] Annual. [Obs.] -- n. A yearbook.

An"nu*el*er (&?;), n. A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An"nu*ent (&?;), a. [L. annuens, p. pr. of annuere; ad + nuere to nod.] Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).

An*nu"i*tant (&?;), n. [See Annuity.] One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.

An*nu"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Annuities (&?;). [LL. annuitas, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annuité.] A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

An*nul" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.] 1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.

2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.

Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties? Burke.

Syn. -- To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.

An"nu*lar (&?;), a. [L. annularis, fr. annulis ring: cf. F. annulaire.] 1. Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

2. Banded or marked with circles.

Annular eclipse (Astron.), an eclipse of the sun in which the moon at the middle of the eclipse conceals the central part of the sun's disk, leaving a complete ring of light around the border.

An`nu*lar"i*ty (&?;), n. Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.

An"nu*lar*ry, adv. In an annular manner.

An"nu*la*ry (&?;), a. [L. annularis. See Annular.] Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

||An`nu*la"ta (&?;), n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. L. annulatus ringed.] (Zoöl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida.

An"nu*late (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Annulata.

{ An"nu*late, An"nu*la`ted (&?;) } a. [L. annulatus.] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings; ringed; surrounded by rings of color.

2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annulata.

An`nu*la"tion (&?;), n. A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.

An"nu*let (&?;), n. [Dim. of annulus.] 1. A little ring. Tennyson.

2. (Arch.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital.

3. (Her.) A little circle borne as a charge.

4. (Zoöl.) A narrow circle of some distinct color on a surface or round an organ.

An*nul"la*ble (&?;), a. That may be Annulled.

An*nul"ler (&?;), n. One who annuls. [R.]

An*nul"ment (&?;), n. [Cf. F. annulement.] The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.

An"nu*loid (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annuloida.

||An`nu*loid"a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. annulus ring + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

||An"nu*lo"sa (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoölogists it is applied to the former only.

An`nu*lo"san (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Annulosa.

An"nu*lose` (&?;; 277), a. [L. annulus ring.] 1. Furnished with, or composed of, rings or ringlike segments; ringed.

2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annulosa.

||An"nu*lus (&?;), n.; pl. Annuli (&?;). [L.] 1. A ring; a ringlike part or space.

2. (Geom.) (a) A space contained between the circumferences of two circles, one within the other. (b) The solid formed by a circle revolving around a line which is the plane of the circle but does not cut it.

3. (Zoöl.) Ring-shaped structures or markings, found in, or upon, various animals.

An*nu"mer*ate (&?;), v. t. [L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See Numerate.] To add on; to count in. [Obs.] Wollaston.

An*nu`mer*a"tion (&?;), n. [L. annumeratio.] Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

An*nun"ci*a*ble (&?;), a. That may be announced or declared; declarable. [R.]

An*nun"ci*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annunciating.] [L. annuntiare. See Announce.] To announce.

An*nun"ci*ate (&?;), p. p. & a. Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [L. annuntiatio: cf. F. annonciation.] 1. The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

2. (Eccl.) (a) The announcement of the incarnation, made by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary. (b) The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady Day.

An*nun"ci*a*tive (&?;), a. Pertaining to annunciation; announcing. [R.] Dr. H. More.

An*nun"ci*a`tor (&?;), n. [L. annuntiator.] 1. One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.

2. An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.

An*nun"ci*a*to*ry (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]

||A*noa" (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small wild ox of Celebes (Anoa depressicornis), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns.

An"ode (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; up + &?; way.] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.

||An"o*don (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; toothless; 'an priv. + &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge. [Written also Anodonta.]

An"o*dyne (n"*dn), a. [L. anodynus, Gr. &?; free from pain, stilling pain; 'an priv. + &?; pain: cf. F. anodin.] Serving to assuage pain; soothing.

The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.

"The word [in a medical sense] in chiefly applied to the different preparations of opium, belladonna, hyoscyamus, and lettuce." Am. Cyc.

An"o*dyne, n. [L. anodynon. See Anodyne, a.] Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings.

An"o*dy`nous (&?;), a. Anodyne.

A*noil" (&?;), v. t. [OF. enoilier.] To anoint with oil. [Obs.] Holinshed.

A*noint" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Anointing.] [OF. enoint, p. p. of enoindre, fr. L. inungere; in + ungere, unguere, to smear, anoint. See Ointment, Unguent.] 1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

And fragrant oils the stiffened limbs anoint. Dryden.

He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. John ix. 6.

2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. Exod. xxix. 7.

Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 1 Kings xix. 15.

The Lord's Anointed, Christ or the Messiah; also, a Jewish or other king by "divine right." 1 Sam. xxvi. 9.

A*noint", p. p. Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*noint"er (&?;), n. One who anoints.

A*noint"ment (&?;), n. The act of anointing, or state of being anointed; also, an ointment. Milton.

||A*no"lis (&?;), n. [In the Antilles, anoli, anoalli, a lizard.] (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

A*nom"al (&?;), n. Anything anomalous. [R.]

{ A*nom"a*li*ped (&?;)(#), A*nom"a*li*pede (&?;), } a. [L. anomalus irregular + pes, pedis, foot.] Having anomalous feet.

A*nom"a*li*ped, n. (Zoöl.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

A*nom"a*lism (&?;), n. An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker.

{ A*nom`a*lis"tic (&?;), A*nom`a*lis"tic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.

Anomalistic month. See under Month. -- Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. -- Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.

A*nom`a*lis"tic*al*ly, adv. With irregularity.

A*nom`a*lo*flo"rous (&?;), a. [L. anomalus irregular + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having anomalous flowers.

A*nom"a*lous (&?;), a. [L. anomalus, Gr. &?; uneven, irregular; 'an priv. + &?; even, &?; same. See Same, and cf. Abnormal.] Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.

A*nom"a*lous*ly, adv. In an anomalous manner.

A*nom"a*lous*ness, n. Quality of being anomalous.

A*nom"a*ly (&?;), n.; pl. Anomalies (&?;). [L. anomalia, Gr. &?;. See Anomalous.] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.

We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke.

As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

2. (Astron.) (a) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

||A*no"mi*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; irregular; 'a priv. + no'mos law.] (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

An`o*moph"yl*lous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; irregular + &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Having leaves irregularly placed.

{ ||An`o*mu"ra (&?;), ||An`o*mou"ra (&?;), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; lawless + &?; tail.] (Zoöl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

{ An`o*mu"ral (&?;), An`o*mu"ran (&?;), } a. Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural, anomouran.]

An`o*mu"ran, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Anomura.

An"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;. See Anomia.] Disregard or violation of law. [R.] Glanvill.

A*non" (&?;), adv. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + n one. See On and One.] 1. Straightway; at once. [Obs.]

The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.

2. Soon; in a little while.

As it shall better appear anon. Stow.

3. At another time; then; again.

Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright. Shak.

Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often.

A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose. Shak.

||A*no"na, n. [NL. Cf. Ananas.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop.

An`o*na"ceous, a. Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

An"o*nym (&?;), n. [F. anonyme. See Anonymous.] 1. One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."

2. A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [R.] J. R. Seeley.

An`o*nym"i*ty, n. The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [R.]

He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle.