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<h1>Antipathic</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*path"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>antipathicus</ets>, Gr. <?/ of opposite feelings.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Belonging to antipathy; opposite; contrary; allopathic.</def>

<h1>Antipathist</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tip"a*thist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who has an antipathy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Antipathist</i> of light.</def>"

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Antipathize</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tip"a*thize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To feel or show antipathy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Antipathous</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tip"a*thous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Antipathy</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tip"a*thy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Antipathies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>antipathia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ against + <?/ to suffer. Cf. F. <ets>antipathie</ets>. See <er>Pathos</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.</def>

<blockquote>Inveterate <b>antipathies</b> against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. <i>Washington.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; <as>as, oil and water have <ex>antipathy</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>A habit is generated of thinking that a natural <b>antipathy</b> exists between hope and reason. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <plu>Any</i> is opposed to <i>sympathy</i>. It is followed by <i>to</i>, <i>against</i>, or <i>between</i>; also sometimes by <i>for</i>.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Hatred; aversion; dislike; disgust; distaste; enmity; ill will; repugnance; contrariety; opposition. See <er>Dislike</er>.</syn>

<h1>Antipeptone</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*pep"tone</hw> <tt><tt>(#)</tt></plu></tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.</def>

<h1>Antiperiodic</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*pe`ri*od"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.</def>

<h1>Antiperistaltic</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*per`i*stal"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.</def>

<h1>Antiperistasis</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*pe*ris"ta*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ against + <?/ a standing around, fr. <?/ to stand around; <?/ around + <?/ to stand.]</ety> <def>Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.</def>

<h1>Antiperistatic</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*per`i*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to antiperistasis.</def>

<h1>Antipetalous</h1> <Xpage=65>

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