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978 words match “ANTE”

ANTEORBITAL a.
Same as Antorbital.
ANTEPASCHAL a.
Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
ANTEPAST n.
A foretaste. Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.
ANTEPENDIUM n.
The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Smollett.
ANTEPENULT; ANTEPENULTIMA n.
The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl in monosyllable.
ANTEPENULTIMATE a. 2 definitions
The antepenult.
ANTEPHIALTIC a. 2 definitions
Good against nightmare. -- n.
ANTEPILEPTIC a. 2 definitions
Good against epilepsy. -- n.
ANTEPONE v.
To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.
ANTEPORT n.
An outer port, gate, or door.
ANTEPORTICO n.
An outer porch or vestibule.
ANTEPOSITION n.
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.
ANTEPRANDIAL a.
Preceding dinner.
ANTEPREDICAMENT n.
A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.
ANTERIOR a. 2 definitions
Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.
ANTERIORITY n.
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.
ANTERIORLY adv.
In an anterior manner; before.
ANTERO- n.
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
ANTEROOM n.
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
ANTES; ANTAE n.
See Anta.
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