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ed Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im*pe`ri*al*is"tic (#), a.

That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument.

A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [Written also anue.] Bacon.

o halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.

A preparation or medicine containing antimony. Antimonial powder, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; -- also called James's powder.

eeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste. Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. Washington.

An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning.

To act the part of an antiquary. [Colloq.]

Old age. [Obs.] It not your voice broken . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity Shak.

Believed to cause a revulsion of fluids or of humors from one part to another. [Obs.]

answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from eas…

An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.

One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

Enumeration of parts or particulars.

The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.] Dunglison.

Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens. Aplanatic focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage…