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Webster 1913 Edition

Anxious

Anx′ious

(ăṉk′shŭs)
,
Adj.
[L.
anxius
, fr.
angere
to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr.
ἄγχειν
to choke. See
Anger
.]
1.
Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; – applied to persons;
as,
anxious
for the issue of a battle
.
2.
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; – applied to things;
as,
anxious
labor
.
The sweet of life, from which
God hath bid dwell far off all
anxious
cares.
Milton.
3.
Earnestly desirous;
as,
anxious
to please
.
He sneers alike at those who are
anxious
to preserve and at those who are eager for reform.
Macaulay.
Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude.
Syn. – Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anxious

ANX'IOUS

, a ank'shus.
1.
Greatly concerned or solicitous, respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; applied to persons; as, to be anxious for the issue of a battle.
2.
Full of solicitude; unquiet; applied to things; as anxious thoughts or labor.
3.
Very careful; solicitous; as, anxious to please; anxious to commit no mistake.
It is followed by for or about, before the object.

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