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An"ti*mo*nite` (&?;), n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical.

2. (Min.) Stibnite.

An`ti*mo"ni*u*ret`ed (&?;), a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [Written also antimoniuretted.]

An"ti*mo*ny (?; 112), n. [LL. antimonium, of unknown origin.] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony.

An`ti*na"tion*al (&?;), a. Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.

An`ti*ne*phrit"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. -- n. An antinephritic remedy.

An`ti*no"mi*an (&?;), a. [See Antimony.] Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.

An`ti*no"mi*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith alone is necessary to salvation. The sect of Antinomians originated with John Agricola, in Germany, about the year 1535. Mosheim.

An`ti*no"mi*an*ism (&?;), n. The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South.

An*tin"o*mist (&?;), n. An Antinomian. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.

An*tin"o*my (?; 277), n.; pl. Antinomies (&?;). [L. antinomia, Gr. &?;; &?; against + &?; law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

Different commentators have deduced from it the very opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is doubtful. De Quincey.

2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.

As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. Milton.

3. (Metaph.) A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.

An`ti*o"chi*an (&?;), a. 1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.

2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.

Antiochian epoch (Chron.), a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.

An`ti*o`don*tal"gic (&?;), a. (Med.) Efficacious in curing toothache. -- n. A remedy for toothache.

An`ti*or*gas"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. &?; to swell, as with lust.] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

An`ti*pa"pal (&?;), a. Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton.

An`ti*par"al*lel (&?;), a. Running in a contrary direction. Hammond.

An`ti*par"al*lels (&?;), n. pl. (Geom.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

An`ti*par`a*lyt"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) Good against paralysis. -- n. A medicine for paralysis.

An`ti*par`a*lyt"ic*al (&?;), a. Antiparalytic.

{ An`ti*pa*thet"ic (&?;), An`ti*pa*thet"ic*al (&?;), } a. Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; -- often followed by to. Fuller.

An`ti*path"ic (&?;), a. [NL. antipathicus, Gr. &?; of opposite feelings.] (Med.) Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.