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Webster 1913 Edition

Analogous

A-nal′o-gous

,
Adj.
[L.
analogous
, Gr. [GREEK] according to a due ratio, proportionate; [GREEK] + [GREEK] ratio, proportion. See
Logic
.]
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; – often followed by to.
Analogous
tendencies in arts and manners.
De Quincey.
Decay of public spirit, which may be considered
analogous
to natural death.
J. H. Newman.
nalogous pole
(Pyroelect.)
,
that pole of a crystal which becomes positively electrified when heated.
Syn. – Correspondent; similar; like.
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A-nal′o gous-ly
,
adv.
–
A-nal′o-gous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Analogous

ANAL'OGOUS

,
Adj.
Having analogy; bearing some resemblance or proportion; followed by to; as, there is something in the exercise of the mind analogues to that of the body.

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