a. & adv. [ Cf. F. gogue fun, perhaps of Celtic origin. ] In eager desire; eager; astir. [ 1913 Webster ]

All agog to dash through thick and thin. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a leading up; &unr_; + &unr_; a leading, &unr_; to lead. ] 1. An elevation of mind to things celestial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication. -- An`a*gog"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. pl. Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anagoge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pref. anti- + anagoge. ] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Checking the flow of saliva. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A remedy against excessive salivation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a leading away, fr. &unr_; to lead away; &unr_; from + &unr_; to lead. ] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. cholagwgo`s; cholh` bile + 'agwgo`s leading, 'a`gein to lead: cf. F. cholagogue. ] (Med.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. -- n. An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Demagogue.

{ } a. [ Gr. dhmagwkiko`s: cf. F. démagogique. ] Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practices of a demagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular leader; commonly in a bad sense, a leader of the mob; dh^mos the people + 'agwgo`s leading, fr. 'a`gein to lead; akin to E. act: cf. F. démagogue. ] A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.
Syn. -- demagogy, demagogism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. démagogie, Gr. dhmagwgi`a leadership of the people. ] Demagogism.
Syn. -- demagoguery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Emmenagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, n. pl., menses (&unr_; in + &unr_; month) + &unr_; leading, fr. &unr_; to lead: cf. F. emménagogue. ] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., from Gr. 'epagwgh` a bringing in, fr. 'epa`gein. See Epact. ] (Logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inductive. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; work + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc. -- Er`go*graph"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, milk + &unr_; to lead. ] (Med.) An agent exciting secretion of milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. agog, F. gogue sprightliness, also W. gogi to agitate, shake. ] Haste; ardent desire to go. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Goggled p. pr. & vb. n. Goggling ] [ Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion. ] To roll the eyes; to stare. [ 1913 Webster ]

And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Goggle, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (a) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc. (b) Colored glasses for relief from intense light. (c) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting. (d) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prominent; staring, as the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidæ, esp. Chænobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. gorgoleta. ] See Gurglet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a worm + &unr_; to drive. ] (Med.) A vermifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hydragogus conveying off water, Gr. &unr_;; "y`dwr water + &unr_; to lead: cf. F. hydragogue.] (Med.) Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy. -- n. A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sleep + &unr_; a carrying away. ] Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Indigo + -gen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chem.) See Indigo white, under Indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Fr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to introduce; &unr_; into + &unr_; to lead. ] An introduction. [ Obs. ] Harris.

{ } a. [ L. isagogicus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ larynx + -graph. ] An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. li`qos stone + 'agwgo`s leading. ] (Med.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lo`gos word + -gram. ] A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled in logography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; of writing speeches: cf. F. logographique. ] Of or pertaining to logography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a writing of speeches; lo`gos word, speech + &unr_; to write: cf. F. logographie. ] 1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe. ] A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black + &unr_; leading, driving, &unr_; to lead. ] (Med.) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ménagogue, fr. Gr. mh`n month + &unr_; leading. ] (Med.) Emmenagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mystagogus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; one initiated in mysteries + &unr_; leading, n., a leader, fr. &unr_; to lead: cf. F. mystagogue. See 1st Mystery. ] 1. One who interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who keeps and shows church relics. [ 1913 Webster ]