Part 484

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.</def>

<blockquote>The mouth, the <b>antechamber</b> to the digestive canal. <i>Todd & Bowman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Antechapel</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An"te*chap`el</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Antecians</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An*te"cians</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Ant<?/cians</er>.</def>

<h1>Antecommunion</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*com*mun"ion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.</def>

<h1>Antecursor</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*cur"sor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>antecurrere</ets> to run before; <ets>ante + currere</ets> to run.]</ety> <def>A forerunner; a precursor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Antedate</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An"te*date`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anticipation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<h1>Antedate</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An"te*date`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Antedated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Antedating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to <i>antedate</i> a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To precede in time.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To anticipate; to make before the true time.</def>

<blockquote>And antedate the bliss above. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who rather rose the day to <b>antedate</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Antediluvial</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*di*lu"vi*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ante-</ets> + <ets>diluvial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.</def>

<h1>Antediluvian</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*di*lu"vi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; <as>as, an <ex>antediluvian</ex> vehicle</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> One who lived before the Deluge.</def></def2>

<h1>Antefact</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An"te*fact`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something done before another act.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Antefix</h1> <Xpage=62>