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

1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.

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

ally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

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.

In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.

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.

terest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.…

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

A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.

asm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall. An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin. The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen.

The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.

Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.

Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.