Brande & C.
AnÏtil¶oÏpine (?), a. Of or relating to the antelope.
AnÏtil¶oÏquist (?), n. A contradicter. [Obs.]
AnÏtil¶oÏquy (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + L. loqui to speak.] Contradiction. [Obs.]
An·tiÏlys¶sic (?), a. & n. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? rage, madness.] (Med.) Antihydrophobic.
An·tiÏmaÏcas¶sar (?), n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
An·tiÏmaÏgis¶tricÏal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + magistrical for magistratical.] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.]
South.
An·tiÏmaÏla¶riÏal (?), a. Good against malaria.
An¶tiÏmask· (?), n. A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [Written also antimasque.]
Bacon.
An·tiÏma¶son (?), n. One opposed to Freemasonry. Ð An·tiÏmaÏson¶ic (?), a.
An·tiÏma¶sonÏry (?), n. Opposition to Freemasonry.
An·tiÏmeÏphit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases. Ð n. A remedy against mephitic gases.
Dunglison.
An¶tiÏmere (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Ïmere.] (Biol.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
Ø An·tiÏmeÏtab¶oÏle (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
Ø An·tiÏmeÏtath¶eÏsis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
AnÏtim¶eÏter (?), n. [Gr. ? like + ? measure.] A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.]
An·tiÏmoÏnar¶chic (?), An·tiÏmoÏnar¶chicÏal (?), } Opposed to monarchial government.
Bp. Benson. Addison.
An·tiÏmon¶archÏist (?), n. An enemy to monarchial government.
An·tiÏmo¶nate (?), n.ÿ(Chem.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [Written also antimoniate.]
An·tiÏmo¶niÏal (?), a. Of or pertaining to antimony. Ð n. (Med.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony.
÷ powder, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; Ð also called James's powder.
An·tiÏmo¶niÏa·ted (?), a. Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.
An·tiÏmon¶ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; Ð said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
An·tiÏmo¶niÏous (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; Ð said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.
An¶tiÏmoÏnite· (?), n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
2. (Min.) Stibnite.
An·tiÏmo¶niÏuÏret·ed (?), a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
An¶tiÏmoÏny (?; 112), n. [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.
µ It is of tinÐwhite color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the ? of the Greeks, a sulphide of ~, from which most of the ~ of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of ~.
An·tiÏna¶tionÏal (?), a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
An·tiÏneÏphrit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. Ð n. An ~ remedy.
An·tiÏno¶miÏan (?), a. [See Antimony.] Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
An·tiÏno¶miÏan, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535.
Mosheim.
An·tiÏno¶miÏanÏism (?), n. The tenets or practice of Antinomians.
South.
AnÏtin¶oÏmist (?), n. An Antinomian. [R.]
Bp. Sanderson.
AnÏtin¶oÏmy (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies (?). [L. antinomia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful.
De Quincey.
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute.
Milton.
3. (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; Ð in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.
An·tiÏo¶chiÏan (?), a. 1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
÷ epoch (Chron.), a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, b. c. 48.
An·tiÏo·donÏtal¶gic (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache. Ð n. A remedy for toothache.
An·tiÏorÏgas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? to swell, as with lust.] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
An·tiÏpa¶pal (?), a. Opposed to the pope or to popery.
Milton.
An·tiÏpar¶alÏlel (?), a. Running in a contrary direction.
Hammond.
An·tiÏpar¶alÏlels (?), n. pl. (Geom.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
An·tiÏpar·aÏlyt¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against paralysis. Ð n. A medicine for paralysis.
An·tiÏpar·aÏlyt¶icÏal (?), a. Antiparalytic.
An·tiÏpaÏthet¶ic (?), An·tiÏpaÏthet¶icÏal (?), } a. Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; Ð often followed by to.
Fuller.
An·tiÏpath¶ic (?), a. [NL. antipathicus, Gr. ? of opposite feelings.] (Med.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.
AnÏtip¶aÏthist (?), n. One who has an antipathy. [R.] ½Antipathist of light.¸
Coleridge.
AnÏtip¶aÏthous (?), a. Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
AnÏtip¶aÏthize (?), v. i. To feel or show antipathy. [R.]
AnÏtip¶aÏthy (?), n.; pl. Antipathies (?). [L. antipathia, Gr. ?; ? against + ? to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See Pathos.] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided.
Washington.
2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason.
I. Taylor.
µ Antipathy is opposed to sympathy. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.
Syn. - Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See Dislike.
An·tiÏpep¶tone (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
An·tiÏpe·riÏod¶ic (?), n. (Med.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
An·tiÏper·iÏstal¶tic (?), a. (Med.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; Ð applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
Ø An·tiÏpeÏris¶taÏsis (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? against + ? a standing around, fr. ? to stand around; ? around + ? to stand.] Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.
An·tiÏper·iÏstat¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to antiperistasis.
An·tiÏpet¶alÏous (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + petal.] (Bot.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
An·tiÏphar¶mic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? poison.] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.
An·tiÏphloÏgis¶tian (?), n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
An·tiÏphloÏgis¶tic (?), a. 1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.
An·tiÏphloÏgis¶tic, n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Coxe.
An¶tiÏphon (?), n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. ?. See Anthem.] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.
2. A verse said before and after the psalms.
Shipley.
AnÏtiph¶oÏnal (?), a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. Ð AnÏtiph¶oÏnalÏly, adv.
AnÏtiph¶oÏnal, n. A book of antiphons or anthems.
AnÏtiph¶oÏnaÏry (?), n. [LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner.] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
An¶tiÏphone (?), n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
AnÏtiph¶oÏner (?), n. [F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon.] A book of antiphons.
Chaucer.
An·tiÏphon¶ic (?), a. Antiphonal.
AnÏtiph¶oÏny (?), n.; pl. Antiphonies (?). [See Antiphon.] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast antiphony.
R. Browning.
Ø AnÏtiph¶raÏsis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to express by antithesis or negation.] (Rhet.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.
An·tiÏphras¶tic (?), An·tiÏphras¶ticÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to antiphrasis. Ð An·tiÏphras¶ticÏalÏly, adv.
An·tiÏphthis¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption. Ð n. A medicine for phthisis.
An·tiÏphys¶icÏal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + physical.] Contrary to nature; unnatural.
An·tiÏphys¶icÏal, a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? to inflate.] (Med.) Relieving flatulence; carminative.
An·tiÏplas¶tic (?), a. 1. Diminishing plasticity.
2. (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
An·tiÏpoÏdag¶ric (?), a. (Med.) Good against gout. Ð n. A medicine for gout.
AnÏtip¶oÏdal (?), a. 1. Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
2. Diametrically opposite. His antipodal shadow.¸
Lowell.
An¶tiÏpode (?), n. One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king.
Lamb.
µ The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be ?, the last syllable rhyming with abodes, and this pronunciation is sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin word without a singular) is in common use, and is pronounced, after the English method of Latin, ?.
An·tiÏpo¶deÏan (?), a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
AnÏtip¶oÏdes (?), n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. ? with the feet opposite, pl. ? ?; ? against + ?, ?, foot.] 1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
Latham.
3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel?
Hammond.
An¶tiÏpole (?), n. The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.
Geo. Eliot.
An¶tiÏpope (?), n. One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.
An·tipÏsor¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Of use in curing the itch. Ð n. An antipsoric remedy.
Ø An·tipÏto¶sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? against + ? a falling, a case, ? to fall.] (Gram.) The putting of one case for another.
An·tiÏpu·treÏfac¶tive (?), An·tiÏpuÏtres¶cent (?), } a. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
An·tiÏpy¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ?, ?, pus.] (Med.) Checking or preventing suppuration. Ð n. An antipyic medicine.
Ø An·tiÏpyÏre¶sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to be feverish, fr. ? fire.] (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever.
An·tiÏpyÏret¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. Ð n. A febrifuge.
An·tiÏpy¶rine (?), n. (Med.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.
An·tiÏpyÏrot¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. Ð n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏan (?), a. [See Antiquary. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiqua rian literature.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏan, n. 1. An antiquary.
2. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏanÏism (?), n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities.
Warburton.
An·tiÏqua¶riÏanÏize (?), v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]
An¶tiÏquaÏry (?), a. [L. antiquarius, fr. antiquus ancient. See Antique.] Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] ½Instructed by the antiquary times.¸
Shak.
An¶tiÏquaÏry, n.; pl. Antiquaries (?). One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.
An¶tiÏquate (?), v. t. [L. antiquatus, p. p. of antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient.] To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate.
Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one.
Sir M. Hale.
An¶tiÏqua·ted (?), a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; oldÐfashioned; as, an antiquated law. ½Antiquated words.¸
Dryden.
Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. - Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See Ancient.
An¶tiÏqua·tedÏness, n. Quality of being antiquated.
An¶tiÏquateÏness (?), n. Antiquatedness. [Obs.]
An·tiÏqua¶tion (?), n. [L. antiquatio, fr. antiquare.] The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.
Beaumont.
AnÏtique¶ (?), a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic.]
1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
For the antique world excess and pride did hate.
Spenser.
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2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. ½Antique words.¸
Spenser.
3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's ½Castle of Indolence.¸
4. Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.]
Syn. - Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; oldÐfashioned; old. See Ancient.
AnÏtique¶ (?), n. [F. See Antique, a. ] In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.
Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques.
Byron.
AnÏtique¶ly, adv. In an antique manner.
AnÏtique¶ness, n. The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.
We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work.
Addison.
An¶tiÏquist (?), n. An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [R.]
Pinkerton.
AnÏtiq·uiÏta¶riÏan (?), n. An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense.] [Obs.]
AnÏtiq¶uiÏty (?), n.; pl. Antiquities (?). [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquit‚. See Antique.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
2. Old age. [Obs.]
It not your voice broken?... and every part about you blasted with antiquity?
Shak.
3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. The ancients; the people of ancient times.
That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has ?vowed.
Sir W. Raleigh.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.]
You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench.
B. Jonson.
6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.] ½Heathen antiquities.¸
Bacon.
An·tiÏraÏchit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against the rickets.
An·tiÏrent¶er (?), n. One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840Ð47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. Ð An·tiÏrent¶ism (?), n.
An·tiÏsab·baÏta¶riÏan (?), n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
An·tiÏsac·erÏdo¶tal (?), a. Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
Waterland.
AnÏtis¶cians (?), Ø AnÏtis¶ciÏi (?), } n. pl. [L. antiscii, Gr. ?, pl.; ? against + ? shadow.] The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions.
The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians.
Brande & C.
An·tiÏscoÏlet¶ic (?), An·tiÏscol¶ic (?), } a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? a worm.] (Med.) Anthelmintic.
An·tiÏscorÏbu¶tic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting scurvy. Ð n. A remedy for scurvy.
An·tiÏscorÏbu¶ticÏal (?), a. (Med.) Antiscorbutic.
An·tiÏscrip¶turÏal (?), a. Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
An·tiÏsep¶alÏous (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + sepal.] (Bot.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
An·tiÏsep¶tic (?), An·tiÏsep¶ticÏal (?), } a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.
÷ surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.
An·tiÏsep¶tic, n. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
An·tiÏsep¶ticÏalÏly (?), adv. By means of antiseptics.
An·tiÏslav¶erÏy (?), a. Opposed to slavery. Ð n. Opposition to slavery.
An·tiÏso¶cial (?), a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.
An·tiÏso¶cialÏist, n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.
An·tiÏso¶lar (?), a. Opposite to the sun; Ð said of the point in the heavens 1800 distant from the sun.
An·tiÏspasÏmod¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against spasms. Ð n. A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
An¶tiÏspast (?), n. [L. antispastus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to draw the contrary way; ? against + ? to draw.] (Pros.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (?).
An·tiÏspas¶tic (?), a. [Gr. ?. See Antispast.] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [Obs.] (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. Ð n. An antispastic agent.
An·tiÏsplen¶eÏtic (?; see Splenetic, 277), a. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. Ð n. An ~ medicine.
Ø AnÏtis¶troÏphe (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn to the opposite side; ? against + ? to turn. See Strophe.] 1. 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.
It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song.
Abp. Potter.
2. (Rhet.) (a) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master. (b) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
An·tiÏstroph¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
Ø AnÏtis¶troÏphon (?), n. [Gr. ? turned opposite ways.] (Rhet.) An argument retorted on an opponent.
Milton.
An·tiÏstru¶mat¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Antistrumous. Ð n. A medicine for scrofula.
An·tiÏstru¶mous (?), a. (Med.) Good against scrofulous disorders.
Johnson. Wiseman.
An·tiÏsyph·iÏlit¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious against syphilis. Ð n. A medicine for syphilis.
An·tiÏthe¶ism (?), n. The doctrine of antitheists. Ð An·tiÏtheÏis¶tic (?), a.
An·tiÏthe¶ist, n. A disbeliever in the existence of God.
AnÏtith¶eÏsis (?), n.; pl. Antitheses (?). [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to set against, to oppose; ? against + ? to set. See Thesis.] 1. (Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, ½The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.¸ He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.¸
2. The second of two clauses forming an ~.
3. Opposition; contrast.
An¶tiÏthet (?), n. [L. antitheton, fr. Gr. ?, ?, antithetic.] An antithetic or contrasted statement.
Bacon.
An·tiÏthet¶ic (?), An·tiÏthet¶icÏal (?), } a. [Gr. ?.] Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.
An·tiÏthet¶icÏalÏly, adv. By way antithesis.
An·tiÏtox¶in , An·tiÏtox¶ine } (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + toxin.] A substance (sometimes the product of a specific microÐorganism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.
An¶tiÐtrade· (?), n. A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Ø AnÏtit¶raÏgus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.
Ø An·tiÏtroÏchan¶ter (?), n. (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
AnÏtit¶roÏpal (?), AnÏtit¶roÏpous (?), } a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? turn, ? to turn.] (Bot.) At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
Lindley.
An¶tiÏty·pal (?), a. Antitypical. [R.]
An¶tiÏtype (?), n. [Gr. ? of corresponding form; ? against + ? type, figure. See Type.] That of which the type pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol.
An·tiÏtyp¶icÏal (?), a. Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. Ð An·tiÏtyp¶icÏalÏly, adv.
AnÏtit¶yÏpous (?), a. [Gr. ?.] Resisting blows; hard. [Obs.]
Cudworth.
AnÏtit¶yÏpy (?), n. [Gr. ?.] Opposition or resistance of matter to force. [R.]
Sir W. Hamilton.
An·tiÏvac·ciÏna¶tion (?), n. Opposition to vaccination.
London Times.
An·tiÏvac·ciÏna¶tionÏist, n. An antivaccinist.
An·tiÏvac¶ciÏnist, n. One opposed to vaccination.
An·tiÏvaÏri¶oÏlous (?), a. Preventing the contagion of smallpox.
An·tiÏveÏne¶reÏal (?), a. Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
An·tiÏviv·iÏsec¶tion (?), n. Opposition to vivisection.
An·tiÏviv·iÏsec¶tionÏist, n. One opposed to vivisection
An·tiÏzym¶ic (?), a. Preventing fermentation.
An·tiÏzyÏmot¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition. Ð n. An agent so used.
Ant¶ler (?), n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.] (Zo”l.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag.
Huge stags with sixteen antlers.
Macaulay.
µ The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See Velvet.
÷ moth (Zo”l.), a destructive European moth (Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
Ant¶lered (?), a. Furnished with antlers.
The antlered stag.
Cowper.
Ø Ant¶liÏa (?), n.; pl. Antil‘ (?). [L., a pump, Gr. ? hold of a ship.] (Zo”l.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
Ant¶Ðli·on (?), n. (Zo”l.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.
Ø AnÏt?¶ci (?), AnÏt?¶Ïcians (?), n. pl. [NL. antoeci, fr. Gr. pl. ?; ? opposite + ? to live.] Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.
Ø An·toÏnoÏma¶siÏa (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to name instead; ? + ? to name, ? name.] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.
An·toÏnoÏmas¶tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. Ð An·toÏnoÏmas¶ticÏalÏly (?), adv.
AnÏton¶oÏmaÏsy (?), n. Antonomasia.
An¶toÏnym (?), n. [Gr. ? a word used in substitution for another; ? + ?, ?, a word.] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; Ð used as a correlative of synonym. [R.]
C. J. Smith.
AntÏor¶bitÏal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + orbital.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. Ð n. The ~ bone.
Ant·orÏgas¶tic (?), a. See Antiorgastic.
AntÏo¶zone (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + ozone.] (Chem.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; Ð so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.
An¶tral (?), a. (Anat.) Relating to an antrum.
An¶tre (?), n. [F. antre, L. antrum, fr. Gr. ?.] A cavern. [Obs.]
Shak.
AnÏtrorse¶ (?), a. [From L. ante + versun turned; apparently formed in imitation of re?rorse.] (Bot.) Forward or upward in direction.
Gray.
An·troÏvert¶ (?), v. t. To bend forward. [R.]
Owen.
Ø An¶trum (?), n.; pl. Antra (?). [L., fr. Gr. ?.] A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus.
Huxley.
Ø AnÏtrus¶tion (?), n. [F., fr. LL. antrustio.] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.
Ant¶ thrush· (?). (Zo”l.) (a) One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants. (b) See Ant bird, under Ant.
Ø AÏnu¶bis (?), n. [L.] (Myth.) An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
Ø AÏnu¶ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? a tail.] (Zo”l.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]
AÏnu¶rous (?), a. (Zo”l.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads, [Also written anourous.]
An¶uÏry (?), n. [Gr. ? priv. + ? urine.] (Med.) Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.
Ø A¶nus (?), n. [L., prob. for asnus: cf. Gr. ? to sit, Skr. ¾s.] (Anat.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.
An¶vil (?), n. [OE. anvelt, anfelt, anefelt, AS. anfilt, onfilt; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. anafalz, D. aanbeld.] 1. An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
2. Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. Specifically (Anat.), the incus. See Incus.
To be on the ~, to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured.
Swift.
An¶vil, v. t. To form or shape on an ~; to hammer out; as, anviled armor.
Beau. & Fl.
AnxÏi¶eÏtude (?), n. [L. anxietudo.] The state of being anxious; anxiety. [R.]
AnxÏi¶eÏty (?), n.; pl. Anxieties (?). [L. anxietas, fr. anxius: cf. F. anxi‚t‚. See Anxious.]
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