n. a family comprising the alligator lizards.
a. [ L. angius snake + -form. ] Snake-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. a natural family of eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
a. [ L. anguilla eel (dim. of anguis snake) + -form. ] Eel-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The “Anguillæformes” of Cuvier are fishes related to thee eel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. [ L. anguinus, fr. anguis snake. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent. “The anguine or snakelike reptiles.” Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Anguineous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. anguineus. ] Snakelike. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger. ] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. [ 1913 Webster ]
But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rarely used in the plural: --
Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare. ] To distress with extreme pain or grief. [ R. ] Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. [ p. p. from anguish. ] suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
a.
a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of kin blood; related. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine. ] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.
n. [ L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintité. ] The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship;
Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color;
a. Bloodless. [ Obs. ] See Exsanguious. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bloodless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to
a. See Exsanguious. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous. ]
a. [ L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See Languish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid airs. W. Black.
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v. i.
We . . . do languish of such diseases. 2 Esdras viii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
For the fields of Heshbon languish. Is. xvi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cause to droop or pine. [ Obs. ] Shak. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Languishment. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
What, of death, too,
That rids our dogs of languish? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the blue languish of soft Allia's eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who languishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adv. In a languishing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Languishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sanguis blood + -ferous. ] (Physiol.) Conveying blood;
n. [ Cf. F. sanguification. See Sanguify. ] (Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A producer of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sanguis blood + fluere to flow. ] Flowing or running with blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. sanguis blood + -fy: cf. F. sanguifier. ] To produce blood from. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sanguis + -genous. ] Producing blood;
n. Of a blood-red color; sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n. ]
☞ Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sanguinary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being sanguinary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. ]
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a. ] (Bot.)
v. t. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous. ]
Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]