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Opposed to the Christian religion.

Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.

In an antichristian manner.

Deviating from the proper order of time. -- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv.

Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.] Selden.

Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell.

Anticipating; expectant; -- with of. Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey.

before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.

Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.

One who anticipates.

Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.

Opposed to citizenship.

Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.

Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.

ocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal.

The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

Oddly; grotesquely.