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Syn. -- Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.

An*tic"i*pa*tive (&?;), a. Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.

An*tic"i*pa`tor (&?;), n. One who anticipates.

An*tic"i*pa*to*ry (&?;), a. Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen.

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

An`ti*civ"ic (&?;), n. Opposed to citizenship.

An`ti*civ"ism (&?;), n. Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.

An`ti*clas"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- = 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`ti*cli"max (&?;), n. (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.

An`ti*cli"nal (-kl"nal), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. 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.

An`ti*cli"nal, n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

||An`ti*cli*no"ri*um (&?;), n.; pl. Anticlinoria (&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros mountain.] (Geol.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

An"tic*ly (&?;), adv. Oddly; grotesquely.

An"tic-mask` (&?;), n. An antimask. B. Jonson.

An"tic*ness, n. The quality of being antic. Ford.

An`ti*con`sti*tu"tion*al (&?;), a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

An`ti*con*ta"gious (&?;), a. (Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion.

An`ti*con*vul"sive (&?;), a. (Med.) Good against convulsions. J. Floyer.

An"ti*cor (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + L. cor heart; cf. F. antic&?;ur.] (Far.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

An*ti"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"ti*cy`clone (n"t*s`kln), 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. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic (&?;), a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly (&?;), adv.

An"ti*do`tal (n"t*d`tal) a. Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison. Sir T. Browne. -- An"ti*do`tal*ly, adv.

An"ti*do`ta*ry (-d`t*r), a. Antidotal. -- n. An antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

An"ti*dote (n"t*dt), n. [L. antidotum, Gr. 'anti`doton (sc. fa`rmakon), fr. 'anti`dotos given against; 'anti` against + dido`nai 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; -- 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"ti*dote, v. t. 1. To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote.