a. [ The same word as antique; cf. It. antico ancient. See Antique. ] 1. Old; antique. (Zool.) “Lords of antic fame.” Phaer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An odd imagery, device, or tracery; a fantastic figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woven with antics and wild imagery. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper. [ 1913 Webster ]

And fraught with antics as the Indian bird
That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) A grotesque representation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An antimask. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Performed by knights and ladies of his court
In nature of an antic. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anticked Antickt. ] To make appear like a buffoon. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform antics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. -- n. An anticatarrhal remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Same as Anticausotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; fever, &unr_; to burn. ] (Med.) Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n. A remedy for such a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Antechamber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + chlorine. ] (Chem.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Antichristus, Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_;. ] A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposed to the Christian religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an antichristian manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deviating from the proper order of time. -- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; time. ] Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [ R. ] Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Antichthones [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; the earth. ] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anticipans, p. pr. of anticipare. ] Anticipating; expectant; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anticipated p. pr. & vb. n. Anticipating ] [ L. anticipatus, p. p. of anticipare to anticipate; ante + capere to make. See Capable. ] 1. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. [ 1913 Webster ]

To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To prevent; obviate; preclude; forestall; expect. -- To Anticipate, Expect. These words, as here compared, agree in regarding some future event as about to take place. Expect is the stringer. It supposes some ground or reason in the mind for considering the event as likely to happen. Anticipate is, literally, to take beforehand, and here denotes simply to take into the mind as conception of the future. Hence, to say, “I did not anticipate a refusal, ” expresses something less definite and strong than to say, “ did not expect it.” Still, anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged with expect in cases where the thought will allow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good with bad
Expect to hear; supernal grace contending
With sinfulness of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Timid men were anticipating another civil war. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 expected; opposite of unanticipated and unexpected.
Syn. -- awaited(predicate), hoped-for, prospective [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. 1 rightfully expected.
Syn. -- looked-for(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation. ] 1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. [ 1913 Webster ]

So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anticipating, or containing anticipation. “Anticipative of the feast to come.” Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who anticipates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Opposed to citizenship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [ Obs. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- = Gr. kla^n to break. ] Having opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Rhet.) 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 of Mar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. kli`nein to incline. ] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ. [ PJC ]

Anticlinal line,
Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. --
Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anticlinal. ] (Geol.) A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted with syncline. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Anticlinoria [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros mountain. ] (Geol.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Oddly; grotesquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An antimask. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being antic. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Wireless Teleg.) A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Opposing or destroying contagion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against convulsions. J. Floyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + L. cor heart; cf. F. antic&unr_;ur. ] (Far.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anticus in front, foremost, fr. ante before. ] (Bot.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteorol.) A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic a. -- An`ti*cy*clon"ic*al*ly adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an anticyclone; moving in the opposite direction of a cyclone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; astrology. ] Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Descended from Atlas. [ 1913 Webster ]

The seven Atlantic sisters. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bacchanalian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Bull an edict. ] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. Fry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bullantic letters, Gothic letters used in papal bulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Canticles [ L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See Chant. ] 1. A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A canto or division of a poem [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] A social gathering; usually, one for dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear. ] A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. [ 1913 Webster ]