Helen Fenton

Anastomosis: Definition and part of speech

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Anastomosis

  1. n. The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anastrophe: Definition and part of speech

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Anastrophe

  1. n. An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Anathema: Definition and part of speech

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Anathema

  1. n. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
  2. n. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
  3. n. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.