1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
2. To stop; to fix or rest.
My invention . . . anchors on Isabel.
Shak.
Anchor
(An"chor), n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See Anchoret.] An anchoret.
[Obs.] Shak.
Anchorable
(An"chor*a*ble) a. Fit for anchorage.
Anchorage
(An"chor*age) n.
1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
Anchorage
(An"cho*rage) n. Abode of an anchoret.
Anchorate
(An"chor*ate) a. Anchor- shaped.
Anchored
(An"chored) a.
1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as,
an anchored tongue.
2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes
spelt ancred.]
Anchoress
(An"cho*ress) n. A female anchoret.
And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt.
Wordsworth.
Anchoret
(An"cho*ret An"cho*rite) n. [F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. fr. to go back, retire; + to
give place, retire, place; perh. akin to Skr. ha to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit.] One who renounces
the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors
anachoret.]
Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of
conversing with mortals.
Boyle.
Anchoretic
(An`cho*ret"ic An`cho*ret"ic*al) a. [Cf. Gr. .] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the
manner of an anchoret.
Anchoretish
(An"cho*ret`ish) a. Hermitlike.
Anchoretism
(An"cho*ret*ism) n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret.
Anchor-hold
(An"chor-hold`) n.
