Antagonistic
(An*tag`o*nis"tic An*tag`o*nis"tic*al) a. Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting
against; as, antagonistic forces. — An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv.
They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic.
Milman.
Antagonize
(An*tag"o*nize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Antagonized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Antagonozing.] Antagonism.]—>
To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
Antagonize
(An*tag"o*nize), v. i. To act in opposition.
Antagony
(An*tag"o*ny) n. [Gr. + contest: cf. F. (16th century) antagonie. See Antagonism.] Contest; opposition; antagonism.
[Obs.]
Antagony that is between Christ and Belial.
Milton.
Antalgic
(An*tal"gic) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. pain: cf. F. antalgique.] (Med.) Alleviating pain. — n. A
medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne. [R.]
Antalkali
(Ant*al"ka*li Ant*al"ka*line) n. [Pref. anti- + alkali.] Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts
an alkaline tendency in the system. Hooper.
Antalkaline
(Ant*al"ka*line), a. Of power to counteract alkalies.
Antambulacral
(Ant*am`bu*la"cral) a. (Zoöl.) Away from the ambulacral region.
Antanaclasis
(||Ant`an*a*cla"sis) n. [Gr. + a bending back and breaking. See Anaclastic.] (Rhet.)
(a) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when
young, that when old you may live without craft. (b) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after
a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed
in them), shall that heart, etc.
Antanagoge
(||Ant`an*a*go"ge) n. [Pref. anti- + anagoge.] (Rhet.) A figure which consists in answering
the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.
Antaphrodisiac
(Ant`aph*ro*dis"i*ac) a. [Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac.] (Med.) Capable of blunting the
venereal appetite. — n. Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
Antaphroditic
(Ant`aph*ro*dit"ic) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique.] (Med.)
1. Antaphrodisiac.
2. Antisyphilitic. [R.]
Antaphroditic
(Ant`aph*ro*dit"ic), n. An antaphroditic medicine.
Antapoplectic
(Ant`ap*o*plec"tic) a. [Pref. anti- + apoplectic.] (Med.) Good against apoplexy. — n.
A medicine used against apoplexy.
Antarchism
(Ant*ar"chism) n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. government.] Opposition to government in general.
[R.]
Antarchist
(Ant*ar"chist) n. One who opposes all government. [R.]
Antarchistic
(Ant`ar*chis"tic Ant`ar*chis"tic*al) a. Opposed to all human government. [R.]
Antarctic
(Ant*arc"tic) a. [OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. + bear.
See Arctic.] Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near
