Part 520

<h1>Antonomasia</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`to*no*ma"si*a</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to name instead; <?/ + <?/ to name, <?/ name.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when <i>his majesty</i> is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, <i>the philosopher</i>; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a <i>Solomon</i>, or an eminent orator a <i>Cicero</i>.</def>

<h1>Antonomastic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`to*no*mas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Antonomasy</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*ton"o*ma*sy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Antonomasia.</def>

<h1>Antonym</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An"to*nym</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a word used in substitution for another; <?/ + <?/, <?/, a word.]</ety> <def>A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of <i>synonym</i>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>C. J. Smith.</i>

<h1>Antorbital</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant*or"bit*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + <ets>orbital</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> The antorbital bone.</def></def2>

<h1>Antorgastic</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant`or*gas"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Antiorgastic</er>.</def>

<h1>Antozone</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>Ant*o"zone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>anti-</ets> + <ets>ozone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.</def>

<h1>Antral</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An"tral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Relating to an antrum.</def>

<h1>Antre</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An"tre</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>antre</ets>, L. <ets>antrum</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A cavern.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Antrorse</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An*trorse"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>ante + versun</ets> turned; apparently formed in imitation of <ets>re<?/rorse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Forward or upward in direction.</def>

<i>Gray</i>.

<h1>Antrovert</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An`tro*vert"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bend forward.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Owen</i>.

<h1>Antrum</h1> <Xpage=66>

<hw>An"trum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.</plu> <plw>Antra</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A cavern or cavity, esp. an anatomical cavity or sinus</def>.