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The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl in monosyllable.

The antepenult.

Good against nightmare. -- n.

Good against epilepsy. -- n.

To put before; to prefer. [Obs.] Bailey.

An outer port, gate, or door.

An outer porch or vestibule.

The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Preceding dinner.

A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.

Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.

The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.

In an anterior manner; before.

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

See Anta.

A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth.

A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray.

The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.

A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.