Antennule
(An*ten"nule) n. [Dim. of antenna.] (Zoöl.) A small antenna; — applied to the smaller pair of
antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.
Antenumber
(An`te*num"ber) n. A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.
Antenuptial
(An`te*nup"tial) a. Preceding marriage; as, an antenuptial agreement. Kent.
Anteorbital
(An`te*or"bit*al) a. & n. (Anat.) Same as Antorbital.
Antepaschal
(An`te*pas"chal) a. Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
Antepast
(An"te*past) n. [Pref. ante- + L. pastus pasture, food. Cf. Repast.] A foretaste.
Antepasts of joy and comforts.
Jer. Taylor.
Antependium
(||An`te*pen"di*um) n. [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang.] (Eccl.) The hangings or
screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.
Antepenult
(An`te*pe"nult ||An`te*pe*nult"i*ma) n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate;
ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.] (Pros.) The last syllable of
a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.
Antepenultimate
(An`te*pe*nult"i*mate) a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. — n. The antepenult.
Antephialtic
(Ant`eph*i*al"tic) a. [Pref. anti- + Gr. nightmare.] (Med.) Good against nightmare. —
n. A remedy nightmare. Dunglison.
Antepileptic
(Ant`ep*i*lep"tic) a. [Pref. anti- + epileptic.] (Med.) Good against epilepsy. — n. A
medicine for epilepsy.
Antepone
(An"te*pone) v. t. [L. anteponere.] To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.
Anteport
(An"te*port) n. [Cf. LL. anteporta.] An outer port, gate, or door.
Anteportico
(An`te*por"ti*co) n. An outer porch or vestibule.
Anteposition
(An`te*po*si"tion) n. [Cf. LL. antepositio. See Position.] (Gram.) The placing of a before
another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
Anteprandial
(An`te*pran"di*al) a. Preceding dinner.
Antepredicament
(An`te*pre*dic"a*ment) n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments
and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.
Anterior
(An*te"ri*or) a. [L. anterior, comp. of ante before.]
1. Before in time; antecedent.
Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius.
Sir G. C. Lewis.
2. Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; — opposed to posterior.
In comparative anatomy, anterior often signifies at or toward the head, cephalic; and in human anatomy
it is often used for ventral.
Syn. — Antecedent; previous; precedent; preceding; former; foregoing.
