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Same as Antaphrodisiac.

Same as Antapoplectic.

Same as Antasthmatic.

Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.…

Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller.

A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.

Odd; fantastic. [In this sense, written antic.]

fication of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.

Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.

al aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed.

ent of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc.

ts, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.

me into close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.

A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

rience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. W. Black.

; as, at war; at peace; at ease; at your service; at fault; at liberty; at risk; at disadvantage.

Antagonism to theology. Swift.