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ch annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

A genus of lizards which belong to the family Iguanidæ. They take the place in the New World of the chameleons in the Old, and in America are often called chameleons.

Having leaves irregularly placed.

o suit; -- usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro

esis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. opposite, or in the place of.

To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. Sir M. Hale.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

To displace by anteversion.

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

he hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

In any place. Udall.

To or towards any place. [Archaic] De Foe.

Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

A place where apes are kept. [R.] Kingsley.

The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.