Ăn'te

Ăn'te. A Latin preposition, the Gr. ἀντί; A-S. & Goth. and (cf. ANSWER); much used in the composition of English words, especially in words from the Latin and Greek languages. It signifies before in place, in front; hence, opposite, contrary; and figuratively, before in time. The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, and the Greek ἀντί in that of opposite, or in the place of.