English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Antarchistical
(a.)
Opposed to all human government.
Antarctic
(a.)
Opposite 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,
circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
Antares
(n.)
The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the
Scorpion's Heart.
Antarthritic
(a.)
Counteracting or alleviating gout.
Antarthritic
(n.)
A remedy against gout.
Antasthmatic
(a.)
Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.
Antasthmatic
(n.)
A remedy for asthma.
Ante
(n.)
Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante)
the game begins.
Ante
(v. t. & i.)
To put up (an ante).
A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti,
Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.
Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally
used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and
the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.
Anteact
(n.)
A preceding act.
Anteal
(a.)
Being before, or in front.
Antecedaneous
(a.)
Antecedent; preceding in time.
Antecede
(v. t. & i.)
To go before in time or place; to precede; to
surpass.
Antecedence
(n.)
The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
Antecedence
(n.)
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west;
retrogradation.
Antecedency
(n.)
The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Antecedent
(n.)
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical
proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
Antecedent
(n.)
The earlier events of one's life; previous principles,
conduct, course, history.
Antecedent
(n.)
The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the
sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the
antecedent of who.