Part 511

<h1>Antiphony</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tiph"o*ny</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Antiphonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Antiphon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.</def>

<blockquote>O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast <b>antiphony</b>. <i>R. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Antiphrasis</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tiph"ra*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to express by antithesis or negation.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a <i>court of vengeance</i>.</def>

<h1>Antiphrastic, Antiphrastical</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw><hw>An`ti*phras"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`ti*phras"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to antiphrasis.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Antiphthisic</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*phthis"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.</def> -- <tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine for phthisis.</def>

<h1>Antiphysical</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*phys"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + <ets>physical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Contrary to nature; unnatural.</def>

<h1>Antiphysical</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*phys"ic*al</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + Gr. <?/ to inflate.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relieving flatulence; carminative.</def>

<h1>Antiplastic</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Diminishing plasticity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.</def>

<h1>Antipodagric</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An`ti*po*dag"ric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Good against gout.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A medicine for gout.</def></def2>

<h1>Antipodal</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An*tip"o*dal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Diametrically opposite. His <i>antipodal</i> shadow."

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Antipode</h1> <Xpage=65>

<hw>An"ti*pode</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite.</def>

<blockquote>In tale or history your beggar is ever the just <b>antipode</b> to your king. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The singular, <i>antipode</i>, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be <tt><it>&acr;n"t&icr;*p&omac;des</it></tt>, the last syllable rhyming with <it>abodes</it>, and this pronunciation is sometimes heard. The plural form (originally a Latin word without a singular) is in common use, and is pronounced, after the English method of Latin, <tt><it>&acr;n*t&icr;p"&osl;*d&emac;z</it></tt>.</note>

<h1>Antipodean</h1> <Xpage=65>