English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

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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.
Counteracting or alleviating gout.
A remedy against gout.
Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.
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.
Antecedent; preceding in time.
Antecede (v. t. & i.)
To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
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.