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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.

An*ten"na (&?;), n.; pl. Antennæ (&?;). [L. antenna sail-yard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.] (Zoöl.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

An*ten"nal (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the antennæ. Owen.

An`ten*nif"er*ous (&?;), a. [Antenna + -ferous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing or having antennæ.

An*ten"ni*form (&?;), a. [Antenna + -form.] Shaped like antennæ.

An*ten"nule (&?;), n. [Dim. of antenna.] (Zoöl.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

An`te*num"ber (&?;), n. A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

An`te*nup"tial (&?;), a. Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.

An`te*or"bit*al (&?;), a. & n. (Anat.) Same as Antorbital.

An`te*pas"chal (&?;), a. Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

An"te*past (&?;), n. [Pref. ante- + L. pastus pasture, food. Cf. Repast.] A foretaste.

Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.

||An`te*pen"di*um (&?;), n. [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang.] (Eccl.) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.

{ An`te*pe"nult (&?;), ||An`te*pe*nult"i*ma (&?;), } n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.

An`te*pe*nult"i*mate (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult.

Ant`eph*i*al"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; nightmare.] (Med.) Good against nightmare. -- n. A remedy nightmare. Dunglison.

Ant`ep*i*lep"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + epileptic.] (Med.) Good against epilepsy. -- n. A medicine for epilepsy.

An"te*pone (&?;), v. t. [L. anteponere.] To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.

An"te*port (&?;), n. [Cf. LL. anteporta.] An outer port, gate, or door.

An`te*por"ti*co (&?;), n. An outer porch or vestibule.

An`te*po*si"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. LL. antepositio. See Position.] (Gram.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

An`te*pran"di*al (&?;), a. Preceding dinner.

An`te*pre*dic"a*ment (&?;), n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

An*te"ri*or (&?;), a. [L. anterior, comp. of ante before.] 1. Before in time; antecedent.