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Ant bird
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See Ant bird, under Ant, n.
Ant-cattle
n.
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Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.
Ante-
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A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.
Ante
n.
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Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
Ante
v. t. & i.
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To put up (an ante).
Anteact
n.
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A preceding act.
Anteal
a.
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Being before, or in front.
Ant-eater
n.
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One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.
Antecede
v. t. & i.
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To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
Antecedence
n.
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The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
Antecedence
n.
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An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Antecedency
n.
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The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Antecedent
a.
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Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
Antecedent
n.
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That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
Antecedent
n.
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One who precedes or goes in front.
Antecedent
n.
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The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
Antecedent
n.
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The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
Antecedent
n.
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The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
Antecedent
n.
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The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
Antecedently
adv.
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Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.
Antecessor
n.
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One who goes before; a predecessor.
Antecessor
n.
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An ancestor; a progenitor.
Antechamber
n.
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A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
Antechamber
n.
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A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
Antechapel
n.
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The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.
Antecians
n. pl.
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See Ant/cians.
Antecommunion
n.
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A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
Antecursor
n.
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A forerunner; a precursor.
Antedate
n.
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Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Antedate
n.
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Anticipation.