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Efficacious in curing toothache. -- n.

A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreatic juice.

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv.

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.

A book of antiphons. Chaucer.

Antiphonal.

A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.

The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont.

An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.

Opposition to vaccination. London Times.

An antivaccinist.

Opposition to vivisection.

One opposed to vivisection

t or 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…

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

Antonomasia.

A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith.

A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen.