Chapter 40

A*non"y*mous, a. [Gr. &?; without name; 'an priv. + &?;, Eol. for &?; name. See Name.] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.

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A*non"y*mous*ly (*nn"*ms*l), adv. In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift.

A*non"y*mous*ness, n. The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge.

An"o*phyte (n"*ft), n. [Gr. 'a`nw upward (fr. 'ana` up) + fyto`n a plant, fy`ein to grow.] (Bot.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

||An"o*pla (n"*pl), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed.] (Zoöl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina.

An*op"lo*there (n*p"l*thr), ||An`o*plo*the"ri*um (n`*pl*th"r*m), n. [From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

||An`o*plu"ra (n`*pl"r), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`plon weapon, sting + o'yra` tail.] (Zoöl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

{ ||A*nop"si*a (*np"s*), An"op`sy (n"p`s), } a. [Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight.] (Med.) Want or defect of sight; blindness.

{ ||An`o*rex"i*a (&?;), An"o*rex`y (&?;) } n. [Gr. &?;; 'an priv. + &?; desire, appetite, &?; desire.] (Med.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. Coxe.

A*nor"mal (&?;), a. [F. anormal. See Abnormal, Normal.] Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]

A*norn (&?;), v. t. [OF. aörner, aöurner, fr. L. adornare to adorn. The form a- ourne was corrupted into anourne.] To adorn. [Obs.] Bp. Watson.

A*nor"thic (&?;), a. [See Anorthite.] (Min.) Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.

A*nor"thite (&?;), n. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; straight (&?; sc. &?; right angle); not in a right angle.] A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

A*nor"tho*scope (&?;), n. [Gr. 'an priv. + &?; straight + -scope.] (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

||A*nos"mi*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &?; smell.] (Med.) Loss of the sense of smell.

An*oth"er (&?;), pron. & a. [An a, one + other.] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak.

Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak.

2. Not the same; different.

He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak.

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2.

While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.

As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in one another's arms." Milton.

An*oth"er-gaines` (&?;), a. [Corrupted fr. another-gates.] Of another kind. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

An*oth"er-gates` (&?;), a. [Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates.] Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.

An*oth"er-guess (&?;), a. [Corrupted fr. another-gates.] Of another sort. [Archaic]

It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.

A*not"ta (&?;), n. See Annotto.

An*ou"ra (?; 277), n. See Anura.

An*ou"rous (&?;), a. See Anurous.

||An"sa (&?;), n.; pl. Ansæ (&?;). [L., a handle.] (Astron.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring.

An"sa*ted (&?;), a. [L. ansatus, fr. ansa a handle.] Having a handle. Johnson.

An"ser*a`ted (&?;), a. (Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.

||An"se*res (&?;), n. pl. [L., geese.] (Zoöl.) A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

||An`se*ri*for"mes (&?;), n. pl. (Zoöl.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.

An"ser*ine (&?;), a. [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Anseres.

An"ser*ous (&?;), a. [L. anser a goose.] Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith.

An"swer (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Answered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Answering.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See Answer, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.

She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak.

So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. Milton.

3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.

No man was able to answer him a word. Matt. xxii. 46.

These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. Milton.

The reasoning was not and could not be answered. Macaulay.

4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence: (a) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.

This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. Shak.

(b) To render account to or for.

I will . . . send him to answer thee. Shak.

(c) To atone; to be punished for.

And grievously hath Cæzar answered it. Shak.

(d) To be opposite to; to face.

The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin.

(e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.]

Money answereth all things. Eccles. x. 19.

(f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. Swift.

An"swer, v. i. 1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.

There was no voice, nor any that answered. 1 Kings xviii. 26.

2. To make a satisfactory response or return. Hence: To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.

Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. Shak.

3. To be or act in return. Hence: (a) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.

Do the strings answer to thy noble hand? Dryden.

(b) To be opposite, or to act in opposition. (c) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer. (d) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.

That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. Shak.

If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro&?;. xxvii. 19.

An"swer, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. &?;, &?;. See Anti-, and Swear, and cf. 1st un-.] 1. A reply to a change; a defense.

At my first answer no man stood with me. 2 Tim. iv. 16.

2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.

A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov. xv. 1.

I called him, but he gave me no answer. Cant. v. 6.

3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.

Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. Shak.

4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.

5. (Law) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. Bouvier.

Syn. -- Reply; rejoinder; response. See Reply.

An"swer*a*ble (&?;), a. 1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.

Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? Swift.

2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.

3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.

What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? Holland.

This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.

4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic]

Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. Milton.

An"swer*a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent.

An"swer*a*bly (&?;), adv. In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.

An"swer*er (&?;), n. One who answers.

An"swer*less (&?;), a. Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron.

An 't (&?;). An it, that is, and it or if it. See An, conj. [Obs.]

An't (&?;). A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't. [Colloq. & illiterate speech.]

Ant-. See Anti-, prefix.

-ant. [F. -ant, fr. L. -antem or -entem, the pr. p. ending; also sometimes directly from L. -antem.] A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. - ent.

Ant (&?;), n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. æmete akin to G. ameise. Cf. Emmet.] (Zoöl.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

Among ants, as among bees, there are neuter or working ants, besides the males and females; the former are without wings. Ants live together in swarms, usually raising hillocks of earth, variously chambered within, where they maintain a perfect system of order, store their provisions, and nurture their young. There are many species, with diverse habits, as agricultural ants, carpenter ants, honey ants, foraging ants, amazon ants, etc. The white ants or Termites belong to the Neuroptera.

Ant bird (Zoöl.), one of a very extensive group of South American birds (Formicariidæ), which live on ants. The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens. -- Ant rice (Bot.), a species of grass (Aristida oligantha) cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed.

||An"ta (&?;), n.; pl. Antæ (&?;). [L.] (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Porches, when columns stand between two antæ, are called in Latin in antis.

Ant*ac"id (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + acid.] (Med.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. -- a. Counteractive of acidity.

Ant*ac"rid (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + acrid.] Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

An*tæ"an (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

An*tag"o*nism (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to struggle against; &?; against + &?; to contend or struggle, &?; contest: cf. F. antagonisme. See Agony.] Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

We speak of antagonism between two things, to or against a thing, and sometimes with a thing.

An*tag"o*nist (&?;), n. [L. antagonista, Gr. &?;; &?; against + &?; combatant, champion, fr. &?;: cf. F. antagoniste. See Antagonism.] 1. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton.

Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

2. (Anat.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

3. (Med.) A medicine which opposes the action of another medicine or of a poison when absorbed into the blood or tissues.

Syn. -- Adversary; enemy; opponent; toe; competitor. See Adversary.

An*tag"o*nist, a. Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy.

{ An*tag`o*nis"tic (&?;), An*tag`o*nis"tic*al (&?;), } a. Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv.

They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

An*tag"o*nize (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Antagonozing.] [Gr. &?;. See Antagonism.] To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

An*tag"o*nize, v. i. To act in opposition.

An*tag"o*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; contest: cf. F. (16th century) antagonie. See Antagonism.] Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.]

Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

An*tal"gic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; pain: cf. F. antalgique.] (Med.) Alleviating pain. -- n. A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne. [R.]

Ant*al"ka*li (?; 277), Ant*al"ka*line (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + alkali.] Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hooper.

Ant*al"ka*line, a. Of power to counteract alkalies.

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Ant*am`bu*la"cral (nt*m`b*l"kral), a. (Zoöl.) Away from the ambulacral region.

||Ant`an*a*cla"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

||Ant`an*a*go"ge (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + anagoge.] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

Ant`aph*ro*dis"i*ac (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac.] (Med.) Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.

Ant`aph*ro*dit"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique.] (Med.) 1. Antaphrodisiac.

2. Antisyphilitic. [R.]

Ant`aph*ro*dit"ic, n. An antaphroditic medicine.

Ant`ap*o*plec"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + apoplectic.] (Med.) Good against apoplexy. -- n. A medicine used against apoplexy.

Ant*ar"chism (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; government.] Opposition to government in general. [R.]

Ant*ar"chist (&?;), n. One who opposes all government. [R.]

{ Ant`ar*chis"tic (&?;), Ant`ar*chis"tic*al (&?;), } a. Opposed to all human government. [R.]

Ant*arc"tic (&?;), a. [OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. &?;; &?; + &?; bear. See Arctic.] Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.

||An*ta"res (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; similar to + &?; Mars. It was thought to resemble Mars in color.] The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

Ant`ar*thrit"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + arthritic.] (Med.) Counteracting or alleviating gout. -- n. A remedy against gout.

Ant`asth*mat"ic (? or ?; see Asthma; 277), a. [Pref. anti- + asthmatic.] (Med.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. -- n. A remedy for asthma.

Ant"-bear` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

Ant" bird (&?;), (Zoöl.) See Ant bird, under Ant, n.

Ant"-cat`tle (&?;), n. pl. (Zoöl.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

An"te- (n"t-). A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.

An"te, n. (Poker Playing) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

An"te, v. t. & i. To put up (an ante).

An"te*act` (&?;), n. A preceding act.

An"te*al (&?;), a. [antea, ante, before. Cf. Ancient.] Being before, or in front. [R.] J. Fleming.

Ant"-eat`er (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

An`te*ce*da"ne*ous (&?;), a. [See Antecede.] Antecedent; preceding in time. "Capable of antecedaneous proof." Barrow.

An`te*cede" (&?;), v. t. & i. [L. antecedere; ante + cedere to go. See Cede.] To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. Sir M. Hale.

An`te*ced"ence (&?;), n. 1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.

2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

An`te*ced"en*cy (&?;), n. The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby.

An`te*ced"ent (&?;), a. [L. antecedens, -entis, p. pr. of antecedere: cf. F. antécédent.] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing.

An`te*ced"ent, n. [Cf. F. antécédent.] 1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South.

The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. Max Miller.

2. One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.]

My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. Massinger.

3. pl. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. J. H. Newman.

If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours. Gen. G. McClellan.

4. (Gram.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.

5. (Logic) (a) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. (b) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

6. (Math.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

An`te*ced"ent*ly (&?;), adv. Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow.

An`te*ces"sor (&?;), n. [L., fr. antecedere, antecessum. See Antecede, Ancestor.] 1. One who goes before; a predecessor.

The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. Sir E. Sandys.

2. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]

An"te*cham`ber (&?;), n. [Cf. F. antichambre.] 1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal. Todd & Bowman.

An"te*chap`el (&?;), n. The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.

An*te"cians (&?;), n. pl. See Antœcians.

An`te*com*mun"ion (&?;), n. A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

An`te*cur"sor (&?;), n. [L., fr. antecurrere to run before; ante + currere to run.] A forerunner; a precursor. [Obs.]

An"te*date` (&?;), n. 1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

2. Anticipation. [Obs.] Donne.

An"te*date` (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antedated; p. pr. & vb. n. Antedating.] 1. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.

2. To precede in time.

3. To anticipate; to make before the true time.

And antedate the bliss above. Pope.

Who rather rose the day to antedate. Wordsworth.

An`te*di*lu"vi*al (&?;), a. [Pref. ante- + diluvial.] Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.

An`te*di*lu"vi*an (&?;), a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n. One who lived before the Deluge.

An"te*fact` (&?;), n. Something done before another act. [Obs.]

An"te*fix` (&?;), n.; pl. E. Antefixes (&?;); L. Antefixa (&?;). [L. ante + fixus fixed.] (Arch.) (a) An ornament fixed upon a frieze. (b) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof. (c) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water.

An`te*flex"ion (&?;), n. (Med.) A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

Ant" egg` (&?;). One of the small white egg-shaped pupæ or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

An"te*lope (n"t*lp), n. [OF. antelop, F. antilope, from Gr. 'anqo`lops, -lopos, Eustathius, "Hexaëm.," p. 36, the origin of which is unknown.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.

The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. Spenser.

The common or bezoar antelope of India is Antilope bezoartica. The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the addax, and the eland are other species. See Gazelle. The pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra Americana) is found in the Rocky Mountains. See Pronghorn.

An`te*lu"can (&?;), a. [L. antelucanus; ante + lux light.] Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. "Antelucan worship." De Quincey.

An`te*me*rid"i*an (&?;), a. [L. antemeridianus; ante + meridianus belonging to midday or noon. See Meridian.] Being before noon; in or pertaining to the forenoon. (Abbrev. a. m.)

Ant`e*met"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + emetic.] (Med.) Tending to check vomiting. -- n. A remedy to check or allay vomiting.

An`te*mo*sa"ic (&?;), a. Being before the time of Moses.

An`te*mun"dane (&?;), a. Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young.

An`te*mu"ral (&?;), n. [L. antemurale: ante + murus wall. See Mural.] An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front of the gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

An`te*na"tal (&?;), a. Before birth. Shelley.

An`te*ni"cene (&?;), a. [L.] Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.