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† animastic, a. and n.|ænɪˈmæstɪk|
[ad. med.L. animastic-us pertaining to the soul, f. L. anima breath, life. A hybrid formation: cf. onomastic.]
A. adj. Possessed of mind or spirit, as opposed to what is purely material; spiritual; sometimes = animate.
1651J. F[reake] Agrippa's Occ. Phil. 370 The order of Animastick, viz. of blessed souls. 1794T. Taylor Plotinus 226 A life neither vegetable, nor sensitive, nor of any other animastic nature. 1816― Pamphl. VIII. 65 Of fables..some are theological, others physical, others animastic (or relating to soul). 1855Bailey Mystic 123 Stretched from the all essential infinite, To animastic orders and ourselves.
†B. n. Psychology. Obs.
a1857Sir W. Hamilton (L.) [Apprehension, judgement, and reasoning] belonged to Animastic, as they called it, or Psychology. |