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Antiloimic (ăntĭloimĭk), n. (Med.) A remedy against the plague. Brande & C.
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Antilopine (ăntĭl�pīn), a. Of or relating to the antelope.
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Antiloquist (acr/ntĭl�kwĭst), n. A contradicter. [Obs.]
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Antiloquy (acr/ntĭl�kw�), n. [Pref. anti- + L. loqui to speak.] Contradiction. [Obs.]
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Antilyssic (ăntĭlĭssĭk), a. & n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. � rage, madness.] (Med.) Antihydrophobic.
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Antimacassar (ăntĭmȧkăssẽr), n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.
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Antimagistrical (ăntĭmȧjĭstrĭk�l), a. [Pref. anti- + magistrical for magistratical.] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] South.
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Antimalarial (ăntĭmȧlārĭ�l), a. Good against malaria.
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Antimask (ăntĭmȧsk), n. A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [Written also antimasque.] Bacon.
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Antimason (ăntĭmās'n), n. One opposed to Freemasonry. -- Antimasonic (ăntĭmȧsŏnĭk), a.
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Antimasonry (ăntĭmās'nr�), n. Opposition to Freemasonry.
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antimatter (ăntĭmăttẽr), n. (Physics) Matter whch is composed of antiparticles such as antiprotons, positrons, and antineutrons.
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Antimephitic (�), a. (Med.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases. -- n. A remedy against mephitic gases. Dunglison.
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Antimere (�), n. [. anti- + -mere.] (Biol.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
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Antimetabole (�), n. [L., fr. Gr. �.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
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Antimetathesis (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �.] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
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Antimeter (�), n. [Gr. � like + � measure.] A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [Obs.]
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{ Antimonarchic (�), Antimonarchical (�), } Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison.
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Antimonarchist (�), n. An enemy to monarchial government.
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Antimonate (�), n. (Chem.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [Written also antimoniate.]
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Antimonial (�), a. Of or pertaining to antimony. -- n. (Med.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony.
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Coloq. Antimonial powder , a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; -- also called James's powder.
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Antimoniated (�), a. Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar.
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Antimonic (�), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid.
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Antimonious (�), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid.
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Antimonite (�), n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.
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2. (Min.) Stibnite.
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Antimoniureted (�), a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]
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Antimonsoon (?), n. (Meteor.) The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon.
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Antimony (ăntĭm�n�; 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.
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☞ It is of tin-white 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 stimmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony.
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antimycin (ăntĭmīsĭn), n. 1. one of several antibiotic substances produced by several species of Streptomyces, active against various fungi. They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The two best-known antimycins are antimycin A₁ (C28H40N2O9) and antimycin A₃ (C26H36N2O9). They are notable for their mechanism of action, interference with the proton pumping mechanism of fungi.
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Antinational (ăntĭnăshŭn�l), a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.
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Antinephritic (ăntĭn�frĭtĭk), a. (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. -- n. An antinephritic remedy.
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antineutrino n. The antiparticle of a neutrino. Each type of neutrino has a corresponding antineutrino.
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antineutron n. The antiparticle of a neutron. It has the same mass as a neutron, but a spin and magnetic moment opposite that of the neutron.
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Antinomian (�), a. [See .] Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
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Antinomian, 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.
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Antinomianism (�), n. The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South.
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Antinomist (�), n. An Antinomian. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.
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Antinomy (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies (�). [L. antinomia, Gr. �; � against + � law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
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Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.
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2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
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As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. Milton.
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3. (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- 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.
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Antiochian (�), a. 1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
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2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
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Coloq. Antiochian 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.
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Antiodontalgic (�), a. (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache. -- n. A remedy for toothache.
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Antiorgastic (�), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. � to swell, as with lust.] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
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Antipapal (�), a. Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton.
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Antiparallel (�), a. Running in a contrary direction. Hammond.
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Antiparallels (�), n. pl. (Geom.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.
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Antiparalytic (�), a. (Med.) Good against paralysis. -- n. A medicine for paralysis.
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Antiparalytical (�), a. Antiparalytic.
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antipartticle (ăntĭärtĭk'l), n. (Physics) A fundamental particle which has the same mass as one of the common fundamental particles, but which has an opposite charge, and for which certain other of the properties (e. g. baryon number, strangeness) may be opposite to that of the normal particle. The antiparticle to an electron is called a positron; the antiparticle to a proton is called an antiproton; the antiparticle to a neutron is called an antineutron. When a particle and its corresponding antiparticle collide, they typically annihilate each other with the production of large quantities of energy, usually in the form of radiation. The interaction of a proton and antiproton cause annihilation with production of mesons.
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Antipasch (?), n. [Pref. anti- + pasch.] (Eccl.) The Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.
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{ Antipathetic (�), Antipathetical (�), } a. Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. Fuller.
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Antipathic (�), a. [NL. antipathicus, Gr. � of opposite feelings.] (Med.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.
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Antipathist (�), n. One who has an antipathy. [R.] “Antipathist of light.” Coleridge.
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Antipathize (�), v. i. To feel or show antipathy. [R.]
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Antipathous (�), a. Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Antipathy (�), n.; pl. Antipathies (�). [L. antipathia, Gr. �; � against + � to suffer. Cf. F. antipathie. See .] 1. Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
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Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. Washington.
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2. Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
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A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. I. Taylor.
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☞ Antipathy is opposed to sympathy. It is followed by to, against, or between; also sometimes by for.
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Syn. -- Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See .
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Antipeptone (�), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.
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Antiperiodic (�), n. (Med.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
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Antiperistaltic (�), a. (Med.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
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Antiperistasis (�), 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.
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Antiperistatic (�), a. Pertaining to antiperistasis.
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Antipetalous (�), a. [Pref. anti- + petal.] (Bot.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen.
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Antipharmic (�), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. � poison.] (Med.) Antidotal; alexipharmic.
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Antiphlogistian (�), n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston.
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Antiphlogistic (�), a. 1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston.
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2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation.
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Antiphlogistic, n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe.
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Antiphon (�), n. [LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. �. See .] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See , and .
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2. A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley.
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Antiphonal (�), a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- Antiphonally, adv.
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Antiphonal, n. A book of antiphons or anthems.
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Antiphonary (�), n. [LL. antiphonarium. See .] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.
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Antiphone (�), n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
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Antiphoner (�), n. [F. antiphonaire. See .] A book of antiphons. Chaucer.
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Antiphonic (�), a. Antiphonal.
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Antiphony (�), n.; pl. Antiphonies (�). [See .] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
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2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
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O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning.
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Antiphrasis (�), 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.
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{ Antiphrastic (�), Antiphrastical (�), } a. [Gr. �.] Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- Antiphrastically, adv.
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Antiphthisic (�), a. (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption. -- n. A medicine for phthisis.
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Antiphysical (�), a. [Pref. anti- + physical.] Contrary to nature; unnatural.
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Antiphysical, a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. � to inflate.] (Med.) Relieving flatulence; carminative.
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Antiplastic (�), a. 1. Diminishing plasticity.
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2. (Med.) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
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Antipodagric (�), a. (Med.) Good against gout. -- n. A medicine for gout.
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Antipodal (�), a. 1. Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
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2. Diametrically opposite. “His antipodal shadow.” Lowell.
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Antipode (�), n. One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.
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In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king. Lamb.
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☞ The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be ăntĭpōdes, 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, ăntĭp�dēz.
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Antipodean (�), a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.
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Antipodes (�), n. [L. pl., fr. Gr. � with the feet opposite, pl. � �; � against + �, �, foot.] 1. Those who live on the side of the globe diametrically opposite.
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2. The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe. Latham.
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3. Anything exactly opposite or contrary.
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Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel? Hammond.
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Antipole (�), n. The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed. Geo. Eliot.
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Antipope (�), 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.
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Antipsoric (�), a. (Med.) Of use in curing the itch. -- n. An antipsoric remedy.
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Antiptosis (�), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; � against + � a falling, a case, � to fall.] (Gram.) The putting of one case for another.
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{ Antiputrefactive (�), Antiputrescent (�), } a. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
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Antipyic (�), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. �, �, pus.] (Med.) Checking or preventing suppuration. -- n. An antipyic medicine.
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Antipyresis (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � against + � to be feverish, fr. � fire.] (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever.
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Antipyretic (�), a. (Med.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A febrifuge.
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Antipyrine (�), n. (Med.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.
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Antipyrotic (�), a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. -- n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
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Antiquarian (�), a. [See ]. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
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Antiquarian, n. 1. An antiquary.
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2. A drawing paper of large size. See under , n.
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Antiquarianism (�), n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities. Warburton.
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Antiquarianize (�), v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]
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Antiquary (�), a. [L. antiquarius, fr. antiquus ancient. See .] Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] “Instructed by the antiquary times.” Shak.
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Antiquary, 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.
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Antiquate (�), 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.
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Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one. Sir M. Hale.
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Antiquated (�), a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. “Antiquated words.” Dryden.
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Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.
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Syn. -- Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See .
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Antiquatedness, n. Quality of being antiquated.
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Antiquateness (�), n. Antiquatedness. [Obs.]
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Antiquation (�), n. [L. antiquatio, fr. antiquare.] The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont.
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Antique (�), a. [F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. .]
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1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
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For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser.
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