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Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.
An antisplenetic medicine.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
An argument retorted on an opponent.
A medicine for scrofula.
Antistrumous.
Good against scrofulous disorders.
Efficacious against syphilis.
A medicine for syphilis.
The doctrine of antitheists.
A disbeliever in the existence of God.
of Antithesis
Opposition; contrast.
The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.
An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."
An antithetic or contrasted statement.
Alt. of Antithetical