n.; pl. Anathemas [ L. anath&ebreve_;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anathema Maranatha ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme. ] Anathematization. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anathematized p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing. ] [ L. anathematizare, Gr. &unr_; to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathématiser. ] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.
Syn. -- genus Dendranthema. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place. ] (Zoöl.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to redden, fr. 'eryqro`s red. ] (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. érythématique. ] (Med.) Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relating to, or causing, erythema.

‖n.; pl. Exanthemata [ L., fr. Gr.&unr_;, fr.&unr_; to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; &unr_;, &unr_;, out + 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower: cf. F. exanthème. ] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

{ } a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; physician + E. mathematician. ] (Hist. Med.) One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. mathématique, L. mathematicus, Gr. &unr_; disposed to learn, belonging to learning or the sciences, especially to mathematics, fr. &unr_; that which is learned, learning, pl. &unr_; things learned, learning, science, especially mathematical science, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn; akin to E. mind. See Mind. ] See Mathematical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Mathematic. ] Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness. -- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. mathématicien. ] One versed in mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mathématiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) science. See Mathematic, and -ics. ] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. Arithmetic. 2. Geometry, including Trigonometry and Conic Sections. 3. Analysis, in which letters are used, including Algebra, Analytical Geometry, and Calculus. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having no theme. Opposite of thematic.
Syn. -- unthematic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. paqhmatiko`s, fr. pa`qhma a suffering, paqei^n, to suffer. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A philomath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Physico- + mathematics. ] Mixed mathematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Scythemen One who uses a scythe; a mower. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mower. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. thématique. ] 1. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a theme, or subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thematic catalogue (Mus.), a catalogue of musical works which, besides the title and other particulars, gives in notes the theme, or first few measures, of the whole work or of its several movements. [ 1913 Webster ]