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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-tic'i-pāte, v. t. p. 58To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude by prior action. “To anticipate and prevent the duke’s purpose.” Hall. Time, thou anticipatest my dread exploits. Shak. 2. To take up…An-tĭc'i-pā'tion, n. p. 59The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak. 2. Previous view…An-tĭc'i-pa-tive, a. p. 59Anticipating, or containing anticipation; — with of. [Rare.] Anticipative of the feast to come. Cary.An-tic'i-pa-tive-ly, adv. p. 59In an anticipative manner. Browne.An-tĭç'i-pā'tor, n. p. 59One who anticipates.An-tĭç'i-pa-to-ry, a. p. 59Anticipating. More.Ăn'tĭ-clī'max, n. p. 59(Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall or become less important and striking at the close;—opposed to climax. For example, And thou, Dalhousie, thou great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the…Ăn'tĭ-clī'nal, a. p. 59Marking inclination in opposite directions. Anticlinal line, or axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions.An’ti-cli’nal, n. p. 59(Geol.) The crest or line in which strata dip in opposite directions. Dana.Ăn'tic-ly, adv. p. 59In an antic manner.Ăn'tic-mask, n. p. 59A mask of antics. B. Jonson.Ăn'tic-ness, n. p. 59The quality or condition of being antic. Ford.Ăn’ti-con-tā’ġioŭs, a. p. 59(Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion.An′ti-con-vul′sive, a. p. 59(Med.) Good against convulsions. Floyer.An′ti-cor, n. p. 59(Far.) A swelling of the breast, just opposite the heart; sometimes extending under the belly to the sheath or udder. It is a dangerous inflammatory disease. White.An’ti-cōurt, a. p. 59Opposed to the court. [Obs.] “The anticourt party.” Reresby.An'ti-cōurt'ier, n. p. 59One who opposes the court, or the measures of administration. Johnson.An'ti-coüs, a. p. 59(Bot.) (a.) Turned inward toward the axis. (b.) Turned toward the pistil, as the line of dehiscence of anthers.Ăn’ti-dŭ’ē’tyl, n. p. 59(Pros.) A dactyl reversed; an anapest. Craig.Ăn’ti-dō’tal, a. p. 59Having the quality of preventing the ill effects of poison, or of any thing noxious or mischievous. Fuller.Ăn’ti-dō’tal-ly, adv. p. 59In the manner of an antidote; by way of antidote. Browne.An'ti-dō'ta-ry, a. p. 59Same as ANTIDOTAL.An'ti-dōte, n. p. 59A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of any thing noxious taken into the stomach. 2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract the evil which something else might…An'ti-dōte, v. t. p. 59To give or take as a preventive or remedy. [Obs.] Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South.An'ti-dōt'ie-al, a. p. 59Serving as an antidote.An'ti-dōt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 59By way of antidote.An'ti-e-mēt'ic, a. p. 59Having the quality of allaying vomiting.An'ti-e-mēt'ic, n. p. 59(Med.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.An/ti-ēn/ne-a-hē'dral, a. p. 59(Crystallog.) Having nine faces on two opposite parts of the crystal.Ăn'tient-ry, n. p. 59See ANCIENTRY.Ăn'tĭ-fĕb'rĭle or Ăn'tĭ-fē'brĭle, a. p. 59Having the quality of abating fever; opposing or tending to cure fever.Ăn'tĭ-fĕb'rĭle or Ăn'tĭ-fē'brĭle, n. p. 59(Med.) That which cures, abates, or tends to allay fever.Ăn'tĭ-fĕd'er-al-ĭst, n. p. 59One of a party opposed to a federative government:—applied particularly to a party which opposed the constitution of the United States. Pickering.An'ti-grāph, n. p. 59A copy or transcript.Ăn’ti-gŭg’gler, n. p. 59A crooked tube of metal, so bent as to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquor without disturbing the sediment.An'ti-hē'lix, n. p. 59(Anat.) The semicircular prominence of the external ear, situated before and within the helix; antihelix.Ănʹtĭ-hyp-nŏtʹĭc, n. p. 59A medicine that prevents, or tends to prevent, sleep.An'ti-hy'p'o-chōn'dri-ae, n. p. 59(Med.) A remedy for hypochondriac affections and low spirits.An'ti-hy-pŏph'o-rà, n. p. 59(Rhet.) A figure which consists in refuting an objection by the opposition of a contrary sentence.An'ti-ic-tĕr'ic, n. p. 59(Med.) A remedy for jaun-dice. Dunglison.An'ti-le-gōm'e-nā, n. pl. p. 59(Bib.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time denied to be canonical, though now generally received. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second…An'ti-li-brā'tion, n. p. 59The act of counterbalancing, or the state of being counterbalanced; equipoise. Having enjoyed his artful antithesis, and solemn antilibration of cadences. De Quincey.An'ti-lith'ic, a. p. 59(Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.Ăn'/ti-lith'ic, n. p. 59A medicine that tends to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed.An'ti-lŏg'a-rĭthm, n. p. 59(Math.) (a.) The complement of the logarithm of any sine, tangent, or secant. [Rare.] Hutton. (b.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. P. Cyc.An-tĭl'o-gy, n. p. 59A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. [Obs.]Ăn’ti-loi’mie, n. p. 59(Med.) A remedy against the plague. Brande.An-tĭl'o-quĭst, n. p. 59A contradicter. [Obs.]An-tĭl'o-quy, n. p. 59Preface; proem. [Obs.]An'ti-ma-gis'tri-cal, a. p. 59Opposed to the office of magistrate. [Obs.] South.An'ti-māsk, n. p. 59A secondary or opposing mask, being a ridiculous interlude, dividing the parts of the more serious mask. Bacon.An'ti-mā'son, n. p. 59One opposed to freemasonry.Ăn’ti-ma-sŏn’ic, a. p. 59Opposing freemasonry.An'ti-mā'son-ry, n. p. 59Opposition to freemasonry.An'ti-me-tăb'o-le, n. p. 59(Rhet.) A setting of two things in opposition to each other; as, “An honorable action may be attended with labor, but the labor is soon past, and the honor is immortal.”An'ti-me-tăth'e-sĭs, n. p. 59(Rhet.) An inversion of the parts or members of an antithesis; as, “Compare the arrival of this governor with the victory of that general.” “Compare this peace with that war.”An-tīm'e·ter, n. p. 59A modification of Hadley's quadrant for measuring angles less than 10°, called also the reflecting sector, — an old invention, probably never in use.Ăn′-tĭ-mō′nĭ-al, a. p. 59Pertaining to antimony, or partaking of its qualities; composed of antimony, or containing antimony as the principal ingredient.Ăn/tĭ-mō'ni-al, n. p. 59(Med.) A preparation of antimony; a medicine in which antimony is the principal ingredient.Ăn’ti-mō’ni-ate, n. p. 59(Chem.) A compound or salt composed of antimonic acid and a base. Henry.