Chapter 57

An¶throÏpoph¶uÏism (?), n. [Gr. ? of man's nature; ? a man + ? nature.] Human nature. [R.] Gladstone. An·throÏpos¶coÏpy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + Ïscopy.] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.] An·throÏpos¶oÏphy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + ? wisdom, knowledge.] Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom. An·throÏpoÏtom¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies. An·throÏpot¶oÏmist (?), n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy. An·throÏpot¶oÏmy (?), n. [Gr. ? man + ? a cutting.] The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen. Ant·hypÏnot¶ic (?). See Antihypnotic. Ant·hypÏoÏchon¶driÏac (?), a. & n. See Antihypochondriac. Ant·hysÏter¶ic (?), a. & n. See Antihysteric. An¶ti (?). [Gr. ? against. See Ante.] A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; Ð used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to antÏ; as, antacid, antarctic. Ø An¶tiÏ‘ (?), n. pl. [L., forelock.] (Zo”l.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points. An·tiÏalÏbu¶mid (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Ïalbumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone. An·tiÏal¶buÏmose· (?), n. (Physiol.) See Albumose. An·tiÐAÏmer¶iÏcan (?), a. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall. An·tiÏaph·roÏdis¶iÏac (?), a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. An·tiÏap·oÏplec¶tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic. An¶tiÏar (?), n. [Jav. antjar.] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). An·tiÏaÏrin (?), n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts. An·tiÏasthÏmat¶ic (?), a. & n. Same as Antasthmatic. An·tiÏatÏtri¶tion (?), n. Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease. Ø An·tiÏbacÏchi¶us (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ? + ?. See Bacchius.] (Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (?). An·tiÏbil¶lous (?), a. Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness. An·tiÏbranch¶iÏal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm. Ø An·tiÏbrach¶iÏum (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm. An·tiÏbro¶mic (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? a stink.] An agent that destroys offensive smells; a deodorizer. An·tiÏburgh¶er (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. An¶tic (?), a. [The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique.] 1. Old; antique. (Zo”l.) ½Lords of antic fame.¸ Phaer. 2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. The antic postures of a merryÐandrew. Addison. The Saxons... worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller. An¶tic, n. 1. A buffoon or merryÏandrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play. 2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure. Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser. 3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper. And fraught with antics as the Indian bird That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth. 4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [Obs.] 5. An antimask. [Obs. or R.] Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford. An¶tic, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticked (?), Antickt.] To make appear like a buffoon. [Obs.] Shak. An¶tic, v. i. To perform antics. An·tiÏcaÏtarrh·al (?), a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. Ð n. An anticatarrhal remedy. An·tiÏcath¶ode (?), n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. An·tiÏcauÏsod¶ic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic. An·tiÏcauÏsot¶ic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? fever, ? to burn.] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. Ð n. A remedy for such a fever. An¶tiÏcham·ber, n. [Obs.] See Antechamber. An¶tiÏchlor (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + chlorine.] (Chem.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching. An¶tiÏchrist (?), n. [L. Antichristus, Gr. ?; ? against + ?.] A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming. An·tiÏchris¶tian (?; 106), a. Opposed to the Christian religion. An·tiÏchris¶tianÏism (?), An·tiÏchrisÏtian¶iÏty (?), } n. Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion. An·tiÏchris¶tianÏly (?), adv. In an antichristian manner. An·tiÏchron¶icÏal (?), a. Deviating from the proper order of time. Ð An·tiÏchron¶icÏalÏly, adv. AnÏtich¶roÏnism (?), n. [Gr. ?; ? against + ? time.] Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.] Selden. Ø AnÏtich¶thon (?), n.; pl. Antichthones (?). [Gr. ?; ? against + ? the earth.] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote. 2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell. AnÏtic¶iÏpant (?), a. [L. anticipans, p. pr. of anticipare.] Anticipating; expectant; Ð with of. Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey. AnÏtic¶iÏpate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anticipated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Anticipating (?).] [L. anticipatus, p. p. of anticipare to anticipate; ante + capere to make. See Capable.] 1. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay. 2. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument. 3. To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired. 4. To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life. Syn. - To prevent; obviate; preclude; forestall; expect. Ð To Anticipate, Expect. These words, as here compared, agree in regarding some future event as about to take place. Expect is the stringer. It supposes some ground or reason in the mind for considering the event as likely to happen. Anticipate is, literally, to take beforehand, and here denotes simply to take into the mind as conception of the future. Hence, to say, ½I did not anticipate a refusal,¸ expresses something less definite and strong than to say, ½ did not expect it.¸ Still, anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged with expect in cases where the thought will allow. Good with bad Expect to hear; supernal grace contending With sinfulness of men. Milton. I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives. Spectator. Timid men were anticipating another civil war. Macaulay. AnÏtic·iÏpa¶tion (?), n. [L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation.] 1. The 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 or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey. 3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke. 4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. Syn. - Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought. AnÏtic¶iÏpaÏtive (?), a. Anticipating, or containing anticipation. ½Anticipative of the feast to come.¸ Cary. Ð AnÏtic¶iÏpaÏtiveÏly, adv. AnÏtic¶iÏpa·tor (?), n. One who anticipates. AnÏtic¶iÏpaÏtoÏry (?), a. Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp. An·tiÏciv¶ic (?), n. Opposed to citizenship. An·tiÏciv¶ism (?), n. Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle. An·tiÏclas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ = Gr. ? to break.] Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle. An·tiÏcli¶max (?), n. (Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; Ð the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, LieutenantÏcolonel to the Earl ?? Mar. An·tiÏcli¶nal (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? to incline.] Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. ÷ line, ÷ axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. Ð ÷ vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebr‘, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebr‘ are inclined. An·tiÏcli¶nal, n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. Ø An·tiÏcliÏno¶riÏum (?), n.; pl. Anticlinoria (?). [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to incline + ? mountain.]] (Geol.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal. An¶ticÏly (?), adv. Oddly; grotesquely. An¶ticÐmask· (?), n. An antimask. B. Jonson. An¶ticÏness, n. The quality of being antic. Ford. An·tiÏcon·stiÏtu¶tionÏal (?), a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional. An·tiÏconÏta¶gious (?), a. (Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion. An·tiÏconÏvul¶sive (?), a. (Med.) Good against convulsions. J. Floyer. An¶tiÏcor (?), n. [Pref. antiÏ + L. cor heart; cf. F. antic?ur.] (Far.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart. AnÏti¶cous (?), a. [L. anticus in front, foremost, fr. ante before.] (Bot.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily. An¶tiÏcy·clone (?), n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. Ð An·tiÏcyÏclon¶ic (?), a. Ð An·tiÏcyÏclon¶icÏalÏly (?), adv. An¶tiÏdo·tal (?)(?) a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. Ð An¶tiÏdo·talÏly, adv. An¶tiÏdo·taÏry (?), a. Antidotal. Ð n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes. An¶tiÏdote (?), n. [L. antidotum, Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? given against; ? against + ? to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.] 1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; Ð used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison. 2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce. An¶tiÏdote, v. t. 1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote. Nor could Alexander himself... antidote... the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South. 2. To fortify or preserve by an antidote. An·tiÏdot¶icÏal (?), a. Serving as an antidote. Ð An·tiÏdot¶icÏalÏly, adv. AnÏtid¶roÏmous (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ? a running.] (Bot.) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem. An·tiÏdys·enÏter¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. Ð n. A medicine for dysentery. An·tiÏeÏmet¶ic (?), a. ? n. (Med.) Same as Antemetic. An·tiÏeph·iÏal¶tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antephialtic. An·tiÏep·iÏlep¶tic (?), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antepileptic. An·tiÏfe¶brile (?), a. & n. (Med.) Febrifuge. An·tiÏfeb¶rine (?), n. (Med.) Acetanilide. An·tiÐfed¶erÏalÏist (?), n. One of party opposed to a federative government; Ð applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering. An·tiÏfric¶tion (?), n. Something to lesse? friction; antiattrition. Ð a. Tending to lessen friction. An·tiÏgaÏlas¶tic (?), a. [Pref. antiÏ + Gr. ?, ?, milk.] Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk. An·tiÏGal¶liÏcan (?), a. Opposed to what is Gallic or French. An¶tiÏgraph (?), n. [Gr. ? a transcribing: cf. F. antigraphe.] A copy or transcript. An·tiÏgug¶gler (?)(?) n. [Pref. antiÏ + guggle or gurgle.] A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise. An·tiÏhe¶lix (?), n. (Anat.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front o? the helix. See Ear. An·tiÏhem·orÏrhag¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. Ð n. A remedy hemorrhage. An·tiÏhy·droÏphob¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. Ð n. A remedy for hydrophobia. An·tiÏhyÏdrop¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against dropsy. Ð n. A remedy for dropsy. An·tiÏhypÏnot¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Tending to prevent sleep. Ð n. An antihypnotic agent. An·tiÏhyp·oÏchon¶driÏac (?), a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria. Ð n. A remedy for hypochondria. An·tiÏhysÏter¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Counteracting hysteria. Ð n. A remedy for hysteria. An·tiÏicÏter¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Good against jaundice. Ð n. A remedy for jaundice. Ø An·tiÏleÏgom¶eÏna (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to speak; part. pass. ?.] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. An·tiÏliÏbra¶tion (?), n. A balancing; equipoise. [R.] De Quincey.

An·tiÏlith¶ic (?), a. (Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. Ð n. An antilithic medicine. An·tiÏlog¶aÏrithm (?), n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. Ð An·tiÏlog·aÏrith¶mic (?), a. AnÏtil¶oÏgous (?), a. Of the contrary name or character; Ð opposed to analogous. ÷ pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated. AnÏtil¶oÏgy (?), n.; pl. Antilogies (?). [Gr. ?, fr. ? contradictory; ? against + ? to speak.] A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. Sir W. Hamilton.

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