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Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.

Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] "Instructed by the antiquary times." Shak.

Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.

Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted.

Of or pertaining to an antitype; explaining the type. -- An`ti*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly, adv.

Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- n.

Pertaining to Aonia, Boeotia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.

Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.

Of or pertaining to the aorta.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.

Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.

Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.

Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n.

Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.

Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans]. C. Reade.

Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

Pertaining to the Apocrypha.