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Foretold; preannounced. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Straightway; at once. [Obs.] The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Matt. xiii. 20.

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. Mi…

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

An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

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

The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.

To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.

Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey.

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

A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts…

An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.

Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.

of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay.

space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.