Part 516

<h1>Antisepalous</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*sep"al*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + <ets>sepal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.</def>

<h1>Antiseptic, Antiseptical</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw><hw>An`ti*sep"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`ti*sep"tic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.</def>

<cs><col>Antiseptic surgery</col>, <cd>that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.</cd></cs>

<h1>Antiseptic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*sep"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; <as>as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona</as>.</def>

<h1>Antiseptically</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*sep"tic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By means of antiseptics.</def>

<h1>Antislavery</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*slav"er*y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Opposed to slavery.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> Opposition to slavery.</def></def2>

<h1>Antisocial</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*so"cial</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; <as>as, <ex>antisocial</ex> principles</as>.</def>

<h1>Antisocialist</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*so"cial*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.</def>

<h1>Antisolar</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*so"lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180&deg; distant from the sun.</def>

<h1>Antispasmodic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*spas*mod"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Good against spasms.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.</def></def2>

<h1>Antispast</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An"ti*spast</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>antispastus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to draw the contrary way; <?/ against + <?/ to draw.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).</def>

<h1>Antispastic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*spas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Antispast</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An antispastic agent.</def></def2>

<h1>Antisplenetic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`ti*splen"e*tic</hw> <tt>(<?/; see <er>Splenetic</er>, 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An antisplenetic medicine.</def></def2>

<h1>Antistrophe</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*tis"tro*phe</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to turn to the opposite side; <?/ against + <?/ to turn. See <er>Strophe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous <i>strophe</i> or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.</def>

<blockquote>It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named <b>antistrophe</b>, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song. <i>Abp. Potter.</i></blockquote>