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That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South. The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. Max Miller.

ling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270º. It is the principal source of anthracene.

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

himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South.

Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] South.

The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South.

, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions. The inhabitants of the north and south temperate zones are always Antiscians. Brande & C.

Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.

Anywise; at all. Tennyson. Southey.

a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal, a.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. "An apparitional soul." Tylor.

To ply; to move. [R.] I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water. T. Moore.

sing any judgment; intellection; perception. Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object. Glanvill.

A constellation south of Pegasus.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

A large fresh-water food fish of South America.