Part 501

<syn>Syn. -- Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought.</syn>

<h1>Anticipative</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An*tic"i*pa*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Anticipating, or containing anticipation.</def> "<i>Anticipative</i> of the feast to come." <i>Cary</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Anticipator</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An*tic"i*pa`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who anticipates.</def>

<h1>Anticipatory</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An*tic"i*pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<blockquote>Here is an <b>anticipatory</b> glance of what was to be. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anticivic</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*civ"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Opposed to citizenship.</def>

<h1>Anticivism</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*civ"ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Opposition to the body politic of citizens.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Anticlastic</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*clas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> = Gr. <?/ to break.]</ety> <def>Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.</def>

<h1>Anticlimax</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*cli"max</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of <i>climax</i>. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example:</def>

<blockquote>Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,

<blockquote>Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl <?/<?/ Mar.

<h1>Anticlinal</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*cli"nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to incline.]</ety> <def>Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See <er>Synclinal</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Anticlinal line</col>, <col>Anticlinal axis</col></mcol> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof.</cd> -- <col>Anticlinal vertebra</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>one of the dorsal vertebr\'91, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebr\'91 are inclined.</cd></cs>

<h1>Anticlinal</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*cli"nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.</def>

<h1>Anticlinorium</h1> <Xpage=64>

<hw>An`ti*cli*no"ri*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anticlinoria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ against + <?/ to incline + <?/ mountain.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.</def>

<h1>Anticly</h1> <Xpage=64>