See Also: anagogy(dictionary)
anagogy(medicine)
le fort(medicine)
fort(dictionary)
fort(dictionary)
fort(2)(dictionary)
fort(1)(dictionary)
Fort Worth(dictionary)
Fort Lauderdale(encyclopedia)
Fort-de-France(encyclopedia)

fort(2) (iou) and anagogy (iou)


fort(2) (iou)



fort noun. See also FORTE noun1. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Italian forte, use as noun of fort, forte strong: see FORT adjective.]
I.
Military. A building or place fortified for defensive or protective purposes, usu. surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, and garrisoned with soldiers; fig. a strong position, a stronghold. LME.
hold the fort act as temporary substitute, cope with an emergency.
Hist. A trading-station (orig. fortified). N. Amer. L18.
II. See FORTE noun1

anagogy (iou)



anagogy noun. LME.
[Analogical alt. of ecclesiastical Latin from Greek anagoge (religious or ecstatic) elevation, mystical feeling, from anagein lift up, formed as AN-4 + agein to lead.]
1. Spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation. LME.
2. Spiritual elevation, esp. to understand mysteries. rare. Only in E18.
anagoge = ANAGOGY 1 M16.
ana'gogic adjective = anagogical LME.
ana'gogical adjective having a spiritual, mystical, or allegorical interpretation E16.
ana'gogically adverb L16.