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A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.

Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matt…

Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. -- An`ti- Sem"ite (#), n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic (#), a.

A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

See Albumose.

Same as Antaphrodisiac.

Same as Antapoplectic.

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

Same as Antasthmatic.

d lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease.

A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short.

Inimical to bacteria; -- applied esp. to serum for protection against bacterial diseases.

Counteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.

oxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.