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A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.

A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.

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.

he closer relation of its parts, esp. in matters of commerce and imperial defense. -- An`ti-im*pe"ri*al*ist, n. -- An`ti- im*pe`ri*al*is"tic (#), a.

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.

A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.

A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc.…

In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.

Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a cidevant governor.

A prefix, signifying half.

Peninsula. [Obs.] Knolles.

Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.

A small cup for, or of, black coffee.

denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-,

fix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia- becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.