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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n.

Opposition to government in general. [R.]

One who opposes all government. [R.]

Opposed to all human government. [R.]

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

Alternately. [Obs.] Bacon.

The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

One who compiles an anthology.

A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party. [R.]

A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also collier's lung and miner's phthisis.

One who is versed in anthropology.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.

Transformation into the form of a human being.

The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.

Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.