Antiqueness
An‐tique″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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Antiquist
An″ti‐quist (�), n. An antiquary; a collector of antiques. Pinkerton.
Antiquitarian
An‐tiq′ui‐ta″ri‐an (�), n. An admirer of antiquity.
Antiquity
An‐tiq″ui‐ty (�), n.; pl.Antiquities (�). [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquité. See Antique.] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of ...
Antirachitic
An′ti‐ra‐chit″ic (�), a.(Med.) Good against the rickets.
Antirenter
An′ti‐rent″er (�), n. One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain ...
Antisabbatarian
An′ti‐sab′ba‐ta″ri‐an (�), n.(Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath.
Antisacerdotal
An′ti‐sac′er‐do″tal (�), a. Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.
Antiscians
{ An‐tis″cians (�), ‖An‐tis″ci‐i (�), } n. pl. [L. antiscii, Gr. �, pl.; � against + � shadow.] The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose sha...
Antiscoletic
{ An′ti‐sco‐let″ic (�), An′ti‐scol″ic (�), } a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. � a worm.] (Med.) Anthelmintic.
Antiscorbutic
An′ti‐scor‐bu″tic (�), a.(Med.) Counteracting scurvy. — n. A remedy for scurvy.
Antiscorbutical
An′ti‐scor‐bu″tic‐al (�), a.(Med.) Antiscorbutic.
Antiscriptural
An′ti‐scrip″tur‐al (�), a. Opposed to, or not in accordance with, the Holy Scriptures.
Antisepalous
An′ti‐sep″al‐ous (�), a. [Pref. anti- + sepal.] (Bot.) Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
Antisepsis
‖An′ti‐sep″sis (�), n. [NL. See Anti-; Sepsis.] Prevention of sepsis by excluding or destroying microorganisms.
Antiseptic
{ An′ti‐sep″tic (�), An′ti‐sep″tic‐al (�), } a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.Antiseptic surgery, that syste...
Antiseptic (2)
An′ti‐sep″tic, n. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
Antiseptically
An′ti‐sep″tic‐al‐ly (�), adv. By means of antiseptics.
Antisialagogue
An′ti‐si‐al″a‐gogue (?), a.(Med.) Checking the flow of saliva.
Antisialagogue (2)
An′ti‐si‐al″a‐gogue, n. A remedy against excessive salivation.
Antislavery
An′ti‐slav″er‐y (�), a. Opposed to slavery. — n. Opposition to slavery.
Antisocial
An′ti‐so″cial (�), a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.
Antisocialist
An′ti‐so″cial‐ist, n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.
Antisolar
An′ti‐so″lar (�), a. Opposite to the sun; — said of the point in the heavens 180° distant from the sun.
Antispasmodic
An′ti‐spas‐mod″ic (�), a.(Med.) Good against spasms. — n. A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Antispast
An″ti‐spast (�), 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 ...
Antispastic
An′ti‐spas″tic (�), a. [Gr. �. See Antispast.] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic....