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Anticipation An·tic`i·pa"tion noun [ Latin anticipatio : confer French 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.

Anticipative An·tic"i·pa·tive adjective Anticipating, or containing anticipation. " Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly , adverb

Anticipator An·tic"i·pa`tor noun One who anticipates.

Anticipatory An·tic"i·pa·to·ry adjective Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen.

Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be.
J. C. Shairp.

Anticivic An`ti·civ"ic noun Opposed to citizenship.

Anticivism An`ti·civ"ism noun Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [ Obsolete] Carlyle.

Anticlastic An`ti·clas"tic adjective [ Prefix anti- = Greek ... 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.

Anticlimax An`ti·cli"max noun (Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax . It produces a ridiculous effect. Example:

Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.

Anticlinal An`ti·cli"nal (-klī"n a l) adjective [ Prefix anti- + Greek kli`nein to incline.] Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal .

Anticlinal line , Anticlinal axis (Geol.) , a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. -- Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.) , one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.

Anticlinal An`ti·cli"nal noun (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

Anticline An"ti·cline noun [ See Anticlinal .] (Geol.) A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.

Anticlinorium An`ti·cli·no"ri·um noun ; plural Anticlinoria [ New Latin , from Greek ... against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros mountain.] (Geol.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

Anticly An"tic·ly adverb Oddly; grotesquely.

Anticness An"tic·ness noun The quality of being antic. Ford.

Anticoherer An`ti·co·her"er noun (Wireless Teleg.) A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone.

Anticonstitutional An`ti·con`sti·tu"tion·al adjective Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Anticontagious An`ti·con·ta"gious adjective (Medicine) Opposing or destroying contagion.

Anticonvulsive An`ti·con·vul"sive adjective (Medicine) Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.

Anticor An"ti·cor noun [ Prefix anti- + Latin cor heart; confer French antic...ur .] (Far.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

Anticous An·ti"cous adjective [ Latin anticus in front, foremost, from ante before.] (Botany) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

Anticyclone An"ti·cy`clone (ăn"tĭ*sī`klōn) noun (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. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic adjective -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly adverb

Antidiphtheritic An`ti·diph`the·rit"ic adjective (Medicine) Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- noun An antidiphtheritic agent.

Antidotal An"ti·do`tal (ăn"tĭ*dō`t a l) adjective Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly , adverb

Antidotary An"ti·do`ta·ry (-dō`tȧ*rȳ) adjective Antidotal. -- noun An antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

Antidote An"ti·dote (ăn"tĭ*dōt) noun [ Latin antidotum , Greek 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon ), from 'anti`dotos given against; 'anti` against + dido`nai to give: confer French antidote . See Dose , noun ] 1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- 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.

Antidote An"ti·dote transitive verb 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.

Antidotical An`ti·dot"ic·al (ăn`tĭ*dōt"ĭ*k a l) adjective Serving as an antidote. -- An`ti*dot"ic*al*ly , adverb

Antidromous An·tid"ro·mous (ăn*tĭd"ro*mŭs) adjective [ Prefix anti- + Greek dro`mos a running.] (Botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.

Antidysenteric An`ti·dys`en·ter"ic adjective (Medicine) Good against dysentery. -- noun A medicine for dysentery.

Antiemetic An`ti·e·met"ic adjective ... noun (Medicine) Same as Antemetic .

Antiephialtic An`ti·eph`i·al"tic adjective & noun (Medicine) Same as Antephialtic .

Antiepileptic An`ti·ep`i·lep"tic adjective & noun (Medicine) Same as Antepileptic .

Antifebrile An`ti·fe"brile adjective & noun (Medicine) Febrifuge.

Antifebrine An`ti·feb"rine noun (Medicine) Acetanilide.

Antifriction An`ti·fric"tion noun Something to lessen friction; antiattrition. -- adjective Tending to lessen friction.

Antigalastic An`ti·ga·las"tic adjective [ Prefix anti- + Greek ..., ..., milk.] Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

Antigraph An"ti·graph noun [ Greek ... a transcribing: confer French antigraphe .] A copy or transcript.

Antiguggler An`ti·gug"gler noun [ Prefix anti- + 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.

Antihelix An`ti·he"lix noun (Anat.) The curved elevation of the cartilage of the ear, within or in front of the helix. See Ear .

Antihemorrhagic An`ti·hem`or·rhag"ic adjective (Medicine) Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- noun A remedy for hemorrhage.

Antihydrophobic An`ti·hy`dro·phob"ic adjective (Medicine) Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. -- noun A remedy for hydrophobia.

Antihydropic An`ti·hy·drop"ic adjective (Medicine) Good against dropsy. -- noun A remedy for dropsy.

Antihypnotic An`ti·hyp·not"ic adjective (Medicine) Tending to prevent sleep. -- noun An antihypnotic agent.

Antihypochondriac An`ti·hyp`o·chon"dri·ac adjective (Medicine) Counteractive of hypochondria. -- noun A remedy for hypochondria.

Antihysteric An`ti·hys·ter"ic adjective (Medicine) Counteracting hysteria. -- noun A remedy for hysteria.

Antiicteric An`ti·ic·ter"ic adjective (Medicine) Good against jaundice. -- noun A remedy for jaundice.

Antilegomena An`ti·le·gom"e·na noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... 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 .

Antilibration An`ti·li·bra"tion noun A balancing; equipoise. [ R.] De Quincey.

Antilithic An`ti·lith"ic adjective (Medicine) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. -- noun An antilithic medicine.

Antilogarithm An`ti·log"a·rithm noun (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. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic adjective

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