anthropurgic, a. rare—1.
(ænθrəʊˈpɜːdʒɪk)
[f. Gr. ἀνθρωπουργ-ός man-making (but taken, on analogy of θεουργός, as = operating as man) + -ic.]
prop. Man-making; but also used as: ‘Wrought or acted upon by man.’
| 1838 Burton in Bentham's Wks. I. Introd. 16 Anthropurgic Somatology..the science of bodies so far as man, by his knowledge of the convertible powers of nature, is able to operate upon them. |