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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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An-tăg'o-nīst'ic or An-tăg'o-nīst'ic-al, a. p. 56Opposing in combat; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces; an antagonistic screw in a theodolite. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.An-tăg'o-nīze, v. i. p. 56To contend; to act in opposition.An-tăg'o-ny, n. p. 56Contest; opposition. [Obs.] The incommunicable antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.An-tăl'gie, a. p. 56Alleviating pain; anodyne. [Rare.] Johnson.Ant-ăl'ka-li, n. p. 56(Med.) A remedy for the purpose of neutralizing alkali, or of counteracting an alkaline tendency in the system. Hooper.Ant-äl'ka-line, a. p. 56Of power to counteract alkalis.Ant'an-a-clā'sis, n. p. 56(Rhet.) (a.) A figure which consists in the designed use of one and the same word in two different senses in the same connection, so as to produce a pleasant effect upon the mind; a play upon words…Antĭ-an-a-gō'je, n. p. 56(Rhet.) A figure which consists in replying to an adversary, by way of recrimination; as, when the accusation of one party is unanswerable, the accused person charges him with the same or other…Ănt'aph-ro-dīs'i-ae, a. p. 56(Med.) Having the quality of extinguishing or lessening venereal desire; antivenereal.Ant'aph-ro-dīs'i-ae, n. p. 56A medicine that lessens or extinguishes the venereal appetite.Ant'aph-ro-dīt'ic, a. p. 56Abating the venereal appetite, or efficacious against the venereal disease; anti-venereal.Ant'aph-ro-dīt'ic, n. p. 56A medicine which abates the venereal appetite, or is good against the venereal disease. Case. Quincy.Ant-ärc'tic, a. p. 56Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28'. Thus we say the antarctic pole…An-tā'rēs, n. p. 57A double star in Scorpio;—called also the Scorpion's Heart.Ănt'ar-thrĭt'ic, a. p. 57Counteracting the gout.Ănt'ar-thrĭt'ic, n. p. 57A remedy against the gout.Ănt'asth-măt'ic, a. p. 57Opposing or counteracting the asthma.Ănt'asth-măt'ic, n. p. 57A remedy for the asthma.Ănt'a-trŏph'ic, n. p. 57A medicine to cure atrophy or consumption. Dunglison.Ȧnt'-beâr or Ȧnt'-ēat'er, n. p. 57(Zoöl.) An edentate animal of tropical America, living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga. ☞ The name ant-bear is applied to the larger species of the genus; that of ant-eater is common to…Ănt'-cătch'er, n. p. 57A kind of bird which lives mainly on ants. Ogilvie.Ăn'te p. 57A 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…Ăn'te-ăct, n. p. 57A preceding act.Ăn'te-al, a. p. 57Being before or in front. Fleming.Ăn'te-çe-dā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 57Antecedent; preceding in time. [Obs.] “Capable of antecedaneous proof.” Barrow.Ăn'te-çēde', v. t. p. 57To go before in time; to precede. [Obs.] Hale.Ăn'te-çēd'ençe, n. p. 57The act or state of going before in time; precedence. Hale. 2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west, or contrary to the order of the signs.Ăn'te-çēd'en-çy, n. p. 57The act or state of going before; antecedence. Fotherby.Ăn'te-çēd'ent, a. p. 57Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the deluge. Syn.—Prior; anterior; preceding; previous; foregoing.Ăn'te-çēd'ent, n. p. 57That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South. 2. pl. The earlier events of one’s life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. Thackeray. If the troops . . . prove worthy of…Ăn'te-çēd'ent-ly, adv. p. 57Previously; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow.Ăn'te-çĕs'sor, n. p. 57One who goes before; a leader; a predecessor. A venerable regard not inferior to any of his antecessors. Wood. Much higher than any of its antecessors. Carlyle. ☞ It was formerly a title given to…Ăn'te-chām'ber, n. p. 57A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, and in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber.Ăn'te-chăp'el, n. p. 57The part of the chapel through which is the passage to the choir or body of it. Warton.An-tē'cian, n. p. 57See ANTISCIAN.An'te-cour, n. p. 57See AVANT-COURIER.An'te-cŭr'sor, n. p. 57One who runs before; a forerunner; a precursor.An'te-dāte, n. p. 57Prior date; a date antecedent to another. Good. 2. Anticipation. Donne.An'te-dāte, v. t. p. 57To date before the true time; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond, is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution. 2. To anticipate; to take before the true time. “ And antedate the…An'te-di-lü'vi-al or An'te-di-lü'vi-an, a. p. 57Before the flood, or deluge, in Noah's time; existing, happening, or relating to what happened, before the deluge; as, the antediluvian world.An'te-di-lū'vi-an, n. p. 57One who lived before the deluge, or flood.An'te-fact, n. p. 57That which resembles the fact before it occurs. [Obs.]Ănt'-ĕgg, n. p. 57One of a quantity of little white balls found in the hillocks of ants, usually supposed to be their eggs, but really their larvæ or young.An'te-fix'æ or An'te-fix'es, n. pl. p. 57(Arch.) (a.) Ornaments made to resemble the heads of lions or other animals, placed below the eaves of a temple, and perforated for escape of water. (b.) Upright ornaments above the eaves to cover…Ăn’te-lōpe, n. p. 57(Zoöl.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and goat. The horns of the antelope are almost always round, and annulated, or ringed. The prong-horn antelope…Ăn/te-lū'can, a. p. 57Being before light;—a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. This practice of antelucan worship possibly having reference to the…An'te-me-rid'i-an, a. p. 57Being before noon; pertaining to the forenoon.Ant'e-mĕt'ic, a. & n. p. 57See ANTIEMETIC.An'te-mo-sa'ic, a. p. 57Being before the time of Moses.Ăn’te-mūn’dāne, a. p. 57Being before the creation of the world.An'te-mu'ral, n. p. 57An outwork, consisting of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of a gate, for defending the entrance.Ăn’te-nī’çēne, a. p. 57Ante-rior to the first council of Nice; as, ante-Nicene faith.An-tĕn'nă, n. p. 57(Zool.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and…An-tēn'nal, a. p. 57Belonging to the antennae.An'ten-nif'er-ous, a. p. 57Bearing or having antennae.An-tēn'nī-fōrm, a. p. 57Shaped like antennae.Ăn’te-nŭm’ber, n. p. 57A number that precedes another. Bacon.An’te-nŭp’tial, a. p. 57Being before marriage; as, an antenup-tial agreement; antenup-tial children. Kent.An’te-pāg’ment, n. p. 57(Arch.) The molding or architrave of a doorway; also, the jambs. Buchanan.An'te-pās'chal, a. p. 57Pertaining to the time before Easter. Nelson.