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Show AN AN perceived thofe fmall heaps of corn about thei Addifon nefts AN A contraétion for and it, or rathe and if it; as, an't pleafe yous that is and if it pleaje you Anxta'conist 1. On wh 7./o [dorl and aywie. contend wit another ; a opponent. It implies generally a per{onal and particular oppofition flood ; antechamber, a chamber leadin into another apartment A'ntEacT. . /. [from ante and ag.] former aét ANTEAMBULA'TION. 2 [ [from ant and gmbulatio, Liat.] Awalking before Dis 7o ANTECE'DE Hooker What was fet before him To heave, pull, draw, and break, he ftill perform'd None daring to appear antagonift Milton It is not fit that the hiftory of a perfon fhoul appear, till the prejudice both of his antagonifts an adherents be foftened and fubdued Addifon 3. In anatomy, the antagonif# is that mufcle which counteraéts fome other A relaxation of a mufcle muft produce a fpaf in its antagonift; becaufe the equilibrium is de Arbuthnot ftroyed 75 ANTA'GONIZE. w. n. [from aws an " éaywidw.] To contend againft another Dig ANTA'LG1CK. adj. [from diri, againdt, an © &ny®», pain.] That which foftens pain ¢ anodyne "ANTANACLA''SIS alavdxrzaic n. [Lat from adlavaxidw fro to driv back. 1. A figure in rhetorick, when the fam word is repeated in a different, if no in a contrary fignification ; as, Iz 7h © youth learn fome craft, that in old age tho - mayf? get thy living without craft. Craft in the firft place, fignifies {cience or occupation; in the fecond, deceit or fub tilty 2. It is alfo a returning to the matter a the end of a long parenthefis ; as, Shal that heart (which does not only feel them but hath all motion of his life placed i £ /ay them), fhall that heart &c Smith's Rhetorick AxTarHrRODI'TICK [fro adj i Tha againft, and 'A@eodivs, Venus. which is efficacious againft the venerea difeafe to go. becaufe there is neceffarily a pre-exiftence of th fimple bodies, and an antecedence of their conftitu tion preceding the exiftence of mixed bodies. Hale 1 Going before is ufed [antecedens, Lat. preceding Anteceden I think, only with regard t AnxTta'rReTICK adj [awr, againft &g¥ler, the bear or norther an conftella The fouthern pole, fo called, a oppofite to the northern Downward as far as antarétick Milton They thathad fail'd fromnear th' antar&ick pole Their treafure fafe, and all their veflels whole In fight of their dear country ruin'd be Without the guilt of either rock or fea Waller ANTARTHRI'TICK adj [avrl, againft and Zgdaimis, the gout.] Good againf the gout AxrtasTHMA TICK. adj. [from &uri an &odue. Good againft the afthma ANTE A Latin particle fignifying before, which is frequently ufed in compofitions; as, antediluviar, bhefore th w.a [from ante Lat. an 1. To date earlier than the real time f as to confer a fititious antiquity Now thou haft lov'd me one whole day To-morrow, when thou leav'ft, what wilt thou fay Wilt thou then antedate fome new-made vow Or fay, that no We are not juft thofe perfons, which we were To precede It is impoflible that mixed bodies can be eternal adj do, datum be ANTECE'DENCE. =z /. [from antecede. The aé or ftate of going befors; precedence ANTECE'DENT 7o A'NTEDATE By reading 2 ma does a it were Donne antedat his life, and makes himfelf contemporary with th ages paft Collier 2. To take fomething before the prope time Our joys below it can improve And antedate the blifs above Prpe ANTEDILUVIAN adj. [from ante fore, and diluvium, a deluge. be 1. Exifting before the deluge During the time of the deluge, all the ffonean marble of the antediluvian earth were totally dif folved Woodavard t 2. Relating to things exifting before th deluge To aflert, that God looked upon Adam's fall a The text intends only the line of Seth, comduceable unto the gencalogy of our Savioury an the antediluvian chronology Brown's Vulg. Err time ; precedent wit regar bot time and place a fin, and punithed it, when, without any antecedent fin of his, it was impofiible for him not to fall feem a thin tha highl reproaches effentia equity and goodnefs South ANTEDILU'VIAN before the flood N longevit one is fo hardy as to fay, God is in hi debt; that he owed him - ence muft be antecedent t Did the blood firft exift tion of the heart Bu before the caufe ANTECE'DENT nobler being: for exiftmerit Collier antecedent to the formathat is to fet the effeé Bentley. n. / South 2. In grammar, the noun to which th relative is fubjoined; as, the manr wh comes hither Let him learn the right joining of fubftantive with adjetives, the noun with the verb, and th Afcham 3. In logick, the firft propofition of a enthymeme, or argument confifting onl of two propofitions antece dent.] In the ftate of antecedence going before; previouily mindus before o another lead wa before the creation of the world ANTENU'MBER. 2. /. {from ant an number. ANTECHA 'MBER 2 / [fro ante 'Th tle fquare chambers wainfcoted ‘Whatfoever virtue is in numbers, for conducin to confent of notes, is rather to be afcribed to th antenumber, than to the entire number, as that th found returneth after fix, or after twelve; fo tha the feventh or thirteenth is not the matter, but th fixth or the twelfth A'NTEPAST 7. / Bacon [from ante, before, an A foretafte ; fomepafpum, to feed. thing taken before the proper time th A'NTEPENULT. z. /. [antepenultima, Lat. be Decay of Piety tual meal The laft fyltable but two, as the {yllabl te in antepenult : a term of grammar ANTEPILE'PTICK. adj. [dvri and imiadic.] A medicine againft convulfions That bezoar is antidotal, lapis judaicus diuretical, coral antepileptical, we will not deny Brown's Pulgar Errours Dryd are litAddifon ANTECU'RSOR. 1./, [Latin.] One wh runs before that precede another ment His antichamber, and room of audience numbe South fore, and chamber ; it is generally writ'Th ten, improperly, antichamber. chamber that leads to the chief apart- The emprefs has the antichambers paft And this way moves with a diforder'd hafte Tha an Were we to expeét our blifs only in the fadatin our appetites, it might be reafonable, by frequen antepaffs, to excite our guft for that profufe perpe Dig principal the world. an th pre whic o ANTECE SSOR. . /. [Latin.] One wh goe Before noon ANTEME' TICK. adj. [avwi, againft ~'That which ha nuéw, to vomit. power of calming the ftomach; o venting or ftopping vomiting. ANTEMU 'NDANE. adj. [ante, before We confider him antecedently to his creation while he yet lay in the barren womb of nothing and only in the number of poffibilities be [from ante adj fore, and meridian, noon. Watts's Logick [fro and wolf both fierce and fell ANTEMERI DI&N there will be no fmoke adv give him A''xteLorE. 7 /0 [The etymology i uncertain. A goat with curled o wreathed horns The firft part of thefe propofitiens, or thatwherei ANTECE'DENTLY that w Bentley Conditional or hypothetical propofitions ar thofe whofe parts are united by the conditiona particle if'; as, if the fun be fixed, theearth muf the other is called the confequent that live Spenfer A duty of fo mighty an influence, that it is indeed the neceffary antecedent, if not alfo the direc move: if there be no fire of the antediluwvians The antelope 1. That which goes before relative with the antecedent On thanks for contracting the days of our trial [antecedens, Lat. caufe, of a finner's return to God 7. / We are fo far from repining at God, that h hath not extended the period of our lives to th 2. It has 70 before the thing which is fup. pofed to follow the condition is contained, is called the antecedent AxtarorLE'cTICK. adj. [ai, againft Goo and amomrrfic, an apoplexy. againft an apoplexy tion. [from ante It feems confonant to reafon, that the fabrick o . the world did not long antecede its motion Hale 2. Contrary The fhort club confifts of thofe who are unde five feet; ours is to be compofed of fuch as ar above fix. Thefe we look upon as the two extreme and antagonifts of the fpecies; confidering all thef as neuters, who fill up the middle fpace. Addifon . fore, and cedo to go before Our antagonifts in thefe controverfies may hav met with fome not unlike to Ithacius AN Di& 7 A'NTEPONE @.a [antepono Lat. To fet one thing before another 3 to preDié& fer one thing to another ANTEPREDI CAMENT. 7. /. [antepredica mentum, Lat. Something to be know 1 |