Hymn (hĭm) noun [ Middle English hympne , ympne , French hymne , Old French also ymne , Latin hymnus , Greek ...; perhaps akin to ... web, ... to weave, and so to English weave .] An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns ; Watts' hymns .

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns .

Col. iii. 16.

Where angels first should practice hymns , and string
Their tuneful harps.

Dryden.

Hymn book , a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.

Hymn transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hymned ; present participle & verbal noun Hymning .] [ Confer Latin hymnire , Greek ....] To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.

To hymn the bright of the Lord.

Keble.

Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.

Byron.

Hymn intransitive verb To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.

Hymnal noun A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

Hymnic adjective [ Confer French hymnique .] Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics. Donne.

Hymning adjective Praising with hymns; singing. "The hymning choir." G. West.

Hymning noun The singing of hymns. Milton.

Hymnist noun A writer of hymns.

Hymnody noun [ Greek ...; ... a hymn + ... a song, a singing.] Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.

Hymnographer noun
1. One who writes on the subject of hymns.

2. A writer or composed of hymns.

Hymnography noun [ Greek ... hymn + graphy .] The art or act of composing hymns.

Hymnologist noun A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology. Busby.

Hymnology noun [ Greek ... hymn + -logy : confer French hymnologie .]
1. The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology .

2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

Hympne noun A hymn. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hyndreste adjective See Hinderest . [ Obsolete]

Hyne noun A servant. See Hine . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hyo- [ See Hyod .] A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch ; as, hyo glossal, hyo mandibular, hyo mental, etc.

Hyoganoidei noun plural [ New Latin See Hyo- , and Canoidei .] (Zoology) A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid adjective

Hyoglossal adjective [ Hyo- + Greek ... tongue.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane. (b) Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.

Hyoglossus noun [ New Latin , from hyo- hyo- + Greek glw^ssa tongue.] (Anat.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.

Hyoid adjective [ Greek ... from the letter Υ + ... form: confer French hyoïde .]
1. Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [ Υ].

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Hyoid arch (Anat.) , the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull. -- Hyoid bone (Anat.) , the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle part of the hyoid arch.

Hyoid noun The hyoid bone.

Hyoideal, Hyoidean adjective Same as Hyoid , adjective

Hyomandibular adjective [ Hyo- + mandibular .] (Anat.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. -- noun The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.

Hyomental adjective [ Hyo- + mental of the chin.] (Anat.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck.

Hyopastron noun [ Hyo- + plastron .] (Zoology) The second lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyosternum .

Hyoscine noun [ See Hyoscyamus .] (Chemistry) An alkaloid found with hyoscyamine (with which it is also isomeric) in henbane, and extracted as a white, amorphous, semisolid substance.

Hyoscyamine noun [ See Hyoscyamus .] (Chemistry) An alkaloid found in henbane ( Hyoscyamus niger ), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia , duboisine , etc.

Hyoscyamus noun [ Latin , from Greek ...; ... a sow, hog + ... a bean.]
1. (Botany) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane.

2. (Medicine) The leaves of the black henbane ( Hyoscyamus niger ), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles.

Hyosternal adjective [ Hyo- + ternal .] (Anat.) (a) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck. (b) Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.

Hyosternum noun [ Hyo- + sternum .] (Anat.) See Hyoplastron .

Hyostylic adjective [ Hyo- + Greek ... a pillar.] (Anat.) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull.

Hyp noun An abbreviation of hypochonaria ; -- usually in plural. [ Colloq.]

Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps .

Swift.

Hyp transitive verb To make melancholy. [ Colloq.] W. Irving.

Hypallage noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., prop., interchange, exchange, fr, ... to interchange; ... under + ... to change.] (Gram.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to others. Thus Virgil says, " dare classibus austros ," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris , to give the fleets to the winds.

The hypallage , of which Virgil is fonder than any other writer, is much the gravest fault in language.

Landor.

Hypallelomorph noun See Allelomorph .

Hypanthium noun ; plural Latin Hypanthia , English Hypanthiums . [ New Latin , from Greek "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.] (Botany) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus , the rose hip, and the pear.

Hypapophysis noun ; plural Hypapophyles . [ New Latin See Hypo- , and Apophysis .] (Anat.) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as hæmal spines, and chevron bones. -- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al adjective

Hyparterial adjective [ Hypo- + arterial .] (Anat.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Hypaspist noun [ Greek ....] (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford.

Hypaxial adjective [ Hypo- + axial .] (Anat.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.

hype transitive verb
1. to publicize [ e.g. a product or a future event] insistently, in a manner exaggerating the importance of; to promote flamboyantly. [ wns=1]
[ WordNet 1.5]

2. To stimulate or excite (a person); -- usually used with up , and often in the passive form; as, she was all hyped up over her upcoming wedding.
[ PJC]

hype noun Intense publicity for a future event, performed in a showy or excessively dramatic manner suggesting an importance not justified by the event; as, the hype surrounding the superbowl is usually ludicrous.
[ PJC]

Hyper- [ Greek "ype`r over, above; akin to Latin super , English over . See Over , and confer Super- .]
1. A prefix signifying over , above ; as, hyper physical, hyper thyrion; also, above measure , abnormally great , excessive ; as, hyper æmia, hyper bola, hyper critical, hyper secretion.

2. (Chemistry) A prefix equivalent to super- or per- ; as hyper oxide, or per oxide. [ Obsolete] See Per- .

Hyperapophysis noun ; plural Hyperapophyses . [ New Latin See Hyper- , and Apophysis .] (Anat.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. - - Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al adjective

Hyperaspist noun [ Greek ..., from ... to cover with a shield; "ype`r over + ... shield.] One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [ Obsolete] Chillingworth.

Hyperbatic adjective Of or pertaining to an hyperbaton; transposed; inverted.

Hyperbaton noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... transposed, from ... to step over; "ype`r over + ... to step.] (Gram.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text.

Milton.

Hyperæmia noun [ New Latin , from Greek "ype`r over + a"i^ma blood.] (Medicine) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body.

Active hyperæmia , congestion due to increased flow of blood to a part. -- Passive hyperæmia , interchange due to obstruction in the return of blood from a part.

-- Hy`per*æ"mic adjective

Hyperæsthesia noun [ New Latin , from Greek "ype`r over + ... sense, perception.] (Med. & Physiol.) A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it. -- Hy`per*æs*thet"ic adjective

Hypæthral, Hypethral adjective [ Latin hypaethrus in the open air, uncovered, Greek ...; ... under + ... ether, the clear sky.] (Architecture) Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied to a building or part of a building. Gwilt.