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An`ti*sep"tic*al*ly (&?;), adv. By means of antiseptics.

An`ti*slav"er*y (&?;), a. Opposed to slavery. -- n. Opposition to slavery.

An`ti*so"cial (&?;), a. Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

An`ti*so"cial*ist, n. One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.

An`ti*so"lar (&?;), a. Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180° distant from the sun.

An`ti*spas*mod"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) Good against spasms. -- n. A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.

An"ti*spast (&?;), n. [L. antispastus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to draw the contrary way; &?; against + &?; to draw.] (Pros.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).

An`ti*spas"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;. See Antispast.] (Med.) (a) Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [Obs.] (b) Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. -- n. An antispastic agent.

An`ti*splen"e*tic (&?;; see Splenetic, 277), a. Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. -- n. An antisplenetic medicine.

||An*tis"tro*phe (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to turn to the opposite side; &?; against + &?; to turn. See Strophe.] 1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.

It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. Abp. Potter.

2. (Rhet.) (a) The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master. (b) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

An`ti*stroph"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.

||An*tis"tro*phon (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; turned opposite ways.] (Rhet.) An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.

An`ti*stru"mat"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) Antistrumous. -- n. A medicine for scrofula.

An`ti*stru"mous (&?;), a. (Med.) Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman.

An`ti*syph`i*lit"ic (&?;), a. (Med.) Efficacious against syphilis. -- n. A medicine for syphilis.

An`ti*the"ism (&?;), n. The doctrine of antitheists. -- An`ti*the*is"tic (&?;), a.

An`ti*the"ist, n. A disbeliever in the existence of God.

An*tith"e*sis (&?;), n.; pl. Antitheses. (&?;) [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to set against, to oppose; &?; against + &?; to set. See Thesis.] 1. (Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."

2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis.

3. Opposition; contrast.

An"ti*thet (&?;), n. [L. antitheton, fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, antithetic.] An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon.

{ An`ti*thet"ic (&?;), An`ti*thet"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

An`ti*thet"ic*al*ly, adv. By way antithesis.

{ An`ti*tox"in, An`ti*tox"ine } (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + toxin.] A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

An"ti-trade` (&?;), n. A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

||An*tit"ra*gus (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Anat.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.