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Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

ion, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. Shak.

A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.

Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

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

A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. opposite, or in the place of.…

h constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

ly the poets. He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood.

of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak.

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote. Nor could Alexander himself . . . antidote . . . the poisonous draught, when it had once got into his veins. South.

An opposing law or rule of any kind. As it were by his own antinomy, or counterstatute. Milton.

y; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy. A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. I. Taylor.

Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.

Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

ything exactly opposite. In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king. Lamb.

Checking or preventing suppuration. -- n.

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