ANTEMERIDIAN
ANTEMERID'IAN, adjective [ante, before, and meridian.]Being before noon; pertaining to the forenoon.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ANTEMETIC
ANTEMET'IC, adjective [against, and emetic, from to vomit.] Restraining or allaying vomiting.ANTEMET'IC, noun A medicine which checks vomiting.
ANTEMUNDANE
ANTEMUND'ANE, adjective [ante, before, and mundus, the world.] Being before the creation of the world.
ANTENICENE
ANTENI'CENE, adjective [ante, before, and Nicene, from Nice.]Anterior to the first council of Nice; as antenicene faith.
ANTENNAE
ANTEN'NAE, nounplural [Latin antenna, a sail yard.]In zoology, the horns or feelers of insects, projecting from the head.
ANTENUMBER
ANTENUM'BER, noun A number that precedes another.
ANTENUPTIAL
ANTENUP'TIAL, adjective [ante and nuptial.]Being before marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement; antenuptial children.
ANTEPASCHAL
ANTEPASCH'AL, adjective Pertaining to the time before Easter.
ANTEPAST
AN'TEPAST, noun [ante, before, and pastum, fed.]A foretaste; something taken before the proper time.
ANTEPENULT
ANTEPENULT', noun [Latin ante, before, pene, almost, and ultimus, last.]The last syllable of a word, except two; as syl in syllable.
ANTEPENULTIMATE
ANTEPENULT'IMATE, adjective Pertaining to the last syllable but two.
ANTEPHEPTIC
ANTEPHEP'TIC, adjective [against, and epileptic, from to seize.]Resisting or curing epilepsy.
ANTEPILEPTIC
ANTEPILEP'TIC, noun A remedy for the epilepsy.
ANTEPOSITION
ANTEPOSI'TION, noun s as z. [Latin ante, before, and position, from pono, to place.]In grammar, the placing of a word before another which by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
ANTEPREDICAMENT
ANTEPREDIC'AMENT, noun [ante and predicament.]A preliminary question in logic to illustrate the doctrine of predicaments and categories; a question which is to be first known.
ANTERIOR
ANTE'RIOR, adjective [Latin]1. Before in time or place; prior; antecedent; preceding in time.2. Before or in front in place.
ANTERIORITY
ANTERIOR'ITY, noun The state of being anterior, preceding or in front; a state of being before in time, or situation.
ANTEROOM
AN'TEROOM, noun [ante and room.] A room before or in front of another.
ANTES
AN'TES, nounplural [Latin] Pillars of large dimensions that support the front of a building.
ANTESTATURE
ANTESTAT'URE, noun [ante and stature.]In fortification, a small retrenchment or work formed of palisades, or sacks of earth.
ANTESTOMACH
ANTESTOM'ACH, noun [ante and stomach.]A cavity which leads into the stomach, as the crop in birds. [Not in use.]
ANTEVERT
ANTEVERT', verb transitive [Latin anteverto.] To prevent. [Not in use.]
ANTEVIRGILIAN
ANTEVIRGIL'IAN, adjective A term given to Tull's new husbandry, or method of horse hoeing.
ANTHELMINTIC
ANTHELMIN'TIC, adjective [against, and a worm.] Good against worms.ANTHELMIN'TIC, noun A remedy for worms in the intestines.
ANTHEM
AN'THEM, noun [Gr. against, and a hymn, from to sing. See Hymn.]A hymn sung in alternate parts; but in modern usage, a sacred tune or piece of music set to words, taken from the...
ANTHEM-WISE
AN'THEM-WISE, adverb In the manner of an anthem; alternately.
ANTHEMIS
AN'THEMIS, noun Camomile.