Part 487

<h1>Antepenult, Antepenultima</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw><hw>An`te*pe"nult</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`te*pe*nult"i*ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>antepaenultima</ets> (sc. <ets>syllaba</ets>) antepenultimate; <ets>ante</ets> before + <ets>paenultimus</ets> the last but one; <ets>paene</ets> almost + <ets>ultimus</ets> last.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>The last syllable of a word except two, as -<i>syl</i> in <i>monosyllable</i>.</def>

<h1>Antepenultimate</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*pe*nult"i*mate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.</def> -- <tt>n.</tt> <def>The antepenult.</def>

<h1>Antephialtic</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>Ant`eph*i*al"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + Gr. <?/ nightmare.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Good against nightmare.</def> -- <tt>n.</tt> <def>A remedy nightmare.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Antepileptic</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>Ant`ep*i*lep"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + <ets>epileptic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Good against epilepsy.</def> -- <wordforms><tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine for epilepsy.</def></wordforms>

<h1>Antepone</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An"te*pone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anteponere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To put before; to prefer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Anteport</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An"te*port</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>anteporta</ets>.]</ety> <def>An outer port, gate, or door.</def>

<h1>Anteportico</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*por"ti*co</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An outer porch or vestibule.</def>

<h1>Anteposition</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>antepositio</ets>. See <er>Position</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.</def>

<h1>Anteprandial</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*pran"di*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Preceding dinner.</def>

<h1>Antepredicament</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An`te*pre*dic"a*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.</def>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Anterior</h1> <Xpage=62>

<hw>An*te"ri*or</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>anterior</ets>, comp. of <ets>ante</ets> before.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Before in time; antecedent.</def>

<blockquote>Antigonus, who was <b>anterior</b> to Polybius. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Before, or toward the front, in place; <as>as, the <ex>anterior</ex> part of the mouth; -- opposed to <ex>posterior</ex>.</as></def>

<note>&hand; In comparative anatomy, <i>anterior</i> often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy it is often used for <i>ventral</i>.</note>