Amen, use and import of

Among and amongst, amid and amidst, different in sense and construc.
from between and betwixt
    —­incompatible with the distributive one an other
    —­derivation of, from Sax.

Amphibrach, defined

Amphimac, amphimacer, or Cretic, defined.

An, conjunc., obsolete for if ("Nay, AN thou ’lt mouthe,” &c.,
SHAK.,)
    —­derivation of, from Sax.

An, a, art., one and the same
    —­preferable form before a particular sound
    —­A or an before genus
    —­how commonly limits the sense
    —­belongs to sing. numb. only
    —­with adjective of numb.
    —­its effect upon proper and common nouns
    —­is without agreem. 
    —­Whether an is from a or a from an
    —­An, a, origin of
    —­of proportion
    —­with numerals
    —­by what definitives superseded
    —­implies unity; sometimes precedes collective noun conveying the idea
      of plurality
    —­present usage of, how differs from that of ancient writers
    —­use of, before humble, and its compounds and derivatives
    —­erroneous use of, as relating to a plural
    —­not to be used for the, to denote emphat. a whole kind

Analysis, “to analyze a sentence,” what
    —­Analysis of sentences shown in five different methods; which method
      BROWN calls “the best and most thorough”
    —­Analysis, notices of the different methods of
    —­importance of, in teaching grammar; the truest method of, parsing

Anapest, defined

Anapestic verse, treated
    —­what syll. of, has stress; first foot of, how may be varied
    —­what variation of, produces composite verse
    —­whether a surplus syll. in, may compensate for a deficient one
    —­what number of syllables in the longest measure of
    —­Anapestic verse shown in its four measures
    —­Anapestic, measures, why few
    —­poetry, pieces in general short
    —­(instance of a long piece, L. HUNT’S “Feast of the Poets,”)

And, discriminated from or
    —­when preferable to with, or, or nor
    —­whether emphatic of word or phrase following it ("Part pays, AND
      justly;” &c., POPE,)
    —­derivation of, from Sax.

Anglo-Saxon dialect, and accessions thereto, as forming the modern Eng. lang.

An other, see Other

Antecedent, proper sense of the term
    —­sometimes placed after its pronoun
    —­sometimes doubly restricted
    —­of pron., applied figuratively
    —­sing., with the adj. many, and a plur. pron.
    —­suppressed
    —­Antecedents of different persons, numbers, and genders,
      disjunctively connected, how represented
    —­joint, agreem. of pron. in ellipt. construct. of