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Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.

A foretaste. Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.

Same as Antasthmatic.

An antimask. B. Jonson.

at is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle.

Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.

er for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

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

One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic, a.

Opposition to Freemasonry.

Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

The Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.

Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.

The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Pertaining to antiphrasis. -- An`ti*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.

Diminishing plasticity.

Good against spasms. -- n.

A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long.

Counteracting spasms; antispasmodic. -- n.

the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cic…