ant 
brought back by the workers, or else found new colonies 
\vitli or without help. The male, like the drone-bee, be- 
ll. . Counteracting acidity. 
comes useless after impregnating' the female. The "grabs . Also . tten <"> ti-<icid. 
spin a cocoon, and become pupa;, which resemble barley- antacriu (aut-ak rid), a. [< Of, avr- for avri, 
corns, and are popularly taken for eggs. Under the names against (see anti-), + acrid.] Having power to 
correct an acrid condition of the secretions. 
Antarctalian 
a struggle : see agony.'] Antagonism ; oppo- 
sition. 
The inciimmunicable aitlaijony that is between Christ 
and Belial. Miltim, Divorce, i. 8. 
_ 
of uiitu' hrniiil. u/ilx' eijijs, they are an article of import in 
antal (an'tal), H. [= F. G. antal, < Euss. 
some northern countries for nuking formic acid ; 
t li ills . . , 1_ J 1_ CVJltOil \/\J -L^.t 1_. I II i ' J I ,>, 
they perform mining-ants, carpenters," maso"ns,"ltc". The lmes ' so that 1: the body, exclusive of the head, antalgic (an-tal'jik), a. and w. [< Gr. avr- for 
favorite food of ants is honey, particularly the honey-dew could be simplv folded lengthwise, the two mar- ', against (soe anti 1 + a/vnr nain 1 T n 
excreted by aphid*; but they also live on fruits, insects gins would be found to be nearly coincident: a .','-? g ?. mt '" , } ' + a/ ?' P* m ' J L "' 
and their lame, and dead birds and mammals. They are ovpmnlifipH in rhp hlnpk hniai wmas 
torpid in winter. Those of the same or different species exem l )nl m V ne O'ack-Dass, wrasses, and 
engage in pitched battles, and capture slavesortake larva; many other species. Gill. 
from other nests. Some species have stings, others squirt antae, . Plural of a nta 1 . 
out an irritant fluid (formic acid). See cut under Atta. antagoget (ant-a-go'je), it. A short form of - 
The name ant, or white ant, is also given to insects of the t/,,,,,7, , 
neuropterous genus Termet. See termite. .' .. 
ant 2 t, conj. An old form of and. antagomsation, antagonise. See antagoniza- 
Alleviating pain ; anodyne. [Rare.] 
H. 11. A medicine or an application fitted or 
tending to alleviate pain ; an anodyne. 
antalkali (ant-al'ka-li or -li), n. ; pi. tiutiilkalix 
or antalkalies (-liz or -liz). [^ Gr. avr- for avri, 
against (see anti-), + alkali, q. v.] A sub- 
stance which neutralizes an alkali, and is used 
medicinally to counteract an alkaline tendency 
in the system, 
antagonize : see antago- antalkaline (ant-al'ka-lin or -lin), a. and n. [< 
mze.] 1. The state of being mutually op- ,//,/, 
+ . in 
f . Having the property 
are n't, are not, and of am not, and with greater 
license also of is not. In the second pronun- 
ciation also written ain't or aint. 
an't 2 (ant). A dialectal reduction of ha'n't, a 
contraction of have not and has not. Also writ- 
ten ain't, aint, like hain't, haint. 
an't 3 t (ant). A colloquial contraction of an it, 
if it. See an 2 , and. 
ant-. The form of anti- before vowels in 
words taken from or formed according to the 
Greek, as in antagonist. In words formed in 
English 
fore 
-anti 
L 
suffix ui ppr. ^=Ao. -vmie, snifj.-ena, -ana, -ant, contenas witn anotner in combat or in argu- ~r~~^~-',' ' " 
later and mod. E.-JH0 2 , by confusion with -ioi, ment; an opponent; a competitor; an adver- see aflcto..] I. In rhet., a figure which con- 
...,i>:.- ~ ......1 ..I \ ;_ T> _ a. j ^ ff-n sllaru in I'liYUnlTnll* flltl w.nvlfj Tl*nl"f] l .1 il i ffi iwn * 
. 
posed ; mutual resistance or opposition of two o f neutralizing alkalis 
forces in action ; contrariety of things or prin- n_ n . Same as aiitdlk 
cl P les - . antambulacral (ant-am-bu-la'kral), a. [< Gr. 
Among inferior types of creatures antagonism habitu- ~ * - ' --- - * ' --- _-^-- \ *i i-.i _____ 
ally implies combat, with all its struggles and pains. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., 498. 
2. The act of antagonizing; opposition. 
And, toppling over all antagonit 
So wax'd in pride, that I believe 
Unconquerable. 
HM| 
'ed myself 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
avr- for avri, against (see anti-), 4- atnbulacral, 
q. v.] In echinoderms, situated opposite the 
ambulacral surface, or away from the ambu- 
lacra: opposed to ambulacra!: as, an antam- 
bulacral row of spines. See cut under Asteri- 
id(e. 
suffix of verbal nouns), as in E. affiant, < ME. 
afia(u)nt, < OF. afiant, < ML. affidan(t-)s, ppr. 
of affiddre; E. tenant, < ME. ttna(u)nt, < OF. 
tenant, < L. tenen(t-)s, ppr. of tenere. In later 
F. and E. many words in -ant, < L. -en(t-)s, 
were changed to -ent, to accord with the L., 
as in apparant, now apparent, after L. appa- 
ren(t-)s; some waver between the -ant and -ent, 
as dependant, dependent, q. v. Words of re- 
sary. 
Antagonist of heaven's Almighty King. 
Milton, P. L, x. 387. 
Where you find your antagonist beginning to grow warm, 
put an end to the dispute by some genteel badinage. 
Chetterfield, Letters. 
Trade, as all men know, is the antagonist of war. 
Emerson, War. 
2. In anat., a muscle which acts in opposition 
-ent, < L. -en(t-)s. With adjectives m -ant, -ent, 
go nouns in -ante, -ence, q. v.] A suffix of ad- 
jectives, and of nouns original^' adjectives, 
primarily (in the original Latin) a present par- 
ticiple suffix, cognate with the original form 
- 
sists in repeating the same word in a different 
sense: as, while we lire, let us lice; learn some 
craft when young, that when old you may live 
without craft. 2. In gram., a repetition, after 
a long parenthesis, of a word or words preced- 
ing it: as, shall that heart (which has been 
thought to be the seat of emotion, and which is 
the center of the body's life), shall that heart, 
etc. 
the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it. 
= Syn. 1. Adversary, Antagonist, Opponent, etc. (see ad- 
versary), opposer, rival, assailant. 
II. a. Counteracting; opposing; combating: 
as, antagonist forces; an antagonist muscle. 
The flexors and extensors of a limb, as also the abductors 
avr- for iarri, against, -r- avayuyi], a taking up: 
see anagoge.] In rhet., a figure which consists 
in replying to an adversary by recrimination, as 
when, the accusation made by one party being 
unanswerable, the accused person charges his 
(AS. -ende) of English -i/io 2 as in dominant aml addu ^ tors . have to each other the relation of a ntago- accuser with the same or some other crime, 
ruling, regnant, reigning, radiant, beaminc etc' Sometimes shortened to antagoge. 
mi, ut niig, en,. \\eflndadecisive8trugglebeginningbetweeutheoM- antanhrnHisiar (n.nt"nf rn-A^r'\ iiiVI a nnrl 
See -M*. , tt g onii t tendencies which had grown up in the midst of "^P n . r d ^^(^L^^^''^ .""I"' 
anta 1 (an'ta), n. ; pi. antes (-te). [L., a termi- 
nal pilaster, < ante, before : see ante-.] In arch., 
a pilaster, es- 
pecially a pi- 
laster in cer- 
tain positions, 
as one of a pair 
on either side 
of a doorway, 
or one standing 
opposite a pil- 
lar ; specifical- 
ly, the pilaster 
used in Greek 
and Roman ar- 
chitecture to 
terminate one 
of the side 
walls of a 
building when 
these are pro- 
longed beyond 
the face of the 
end wall. A por- 
tico in until (that 
is, between anise) is 
formed when the Anta. 
Side walls are thus Elevation and Plan of Portico in Antis. 
Their valours are not yet so combatant, 
or truly antagonistic, as to fight. unguisnes or lessens me sexual appetite ; an 
B. Jmuon, Magnetick Lady, iii. 4. anaphrodisiac. 
Those who exercise power and those subject to its exer- Also written anti-aphrodisiac. 
cise, the rulers and the ruled, stand in antagonistic re- antaphroditic (ant"af-r6-dit'ik), a. and n [< 
lations to each other. Calhoun, Vforks, 1. 12. Gr. avr- for avri. against, + ^poiirn, Venus: 
11^ n. Something that acts in an antagonis- see Aphrodite.] I. a. 1. Having power to miti- 
gate or cure venereal disease, as a drug. 2. 
Same as antaphrodisiac. 
H. It. 1. A drug which mitigates or cures 
venereal disease. 2. Same as antaphrodisiac. 
tic manner; specifically, a muscle whose ac- 
tion counteracts that of another. 
In anatomy those muscles are termed antagonistic* which 
are opposed to others in their action, as the extensors to 
Brand* and Co*. anta lectic (ant * a p.6-plek'tik) 
(an-tag-o-nis'ti-kal), a. Same avr- for avri, against, f aW/W 
tic: see apoplectic.] 
plexy. 
intarchism (ant'ar-kizm), n. [< Gr. avr- for 
avri, against, + apx^i, government, + -ism. Cf . 
anarchism.'] Opposition to all government or 
antagonistically (an-tag-o-nis'ti-kal-i), adv. In 
an antagonistic manner; as an antagonist. 
antagonization (an-tag'o-ni-za'shon), . [< an- 
tagonize + -ation.] Antagonism. Also spelled 
antagonisation. 
a. [< Gr. 
<C, apoplec- 
Effieacious against apo- 
restraint of individuals by law. [Rare.] 
'" a antarchist (aut'ar-kist), n. [< antarchism + 
n'ou'ells. Undiscovered Country, p. 280. I'f^L^^.Y^^EP, 086 , 8 ^ ? Ocial g ven !, m e n t 
or control of individuals by law. 
act in opposition to; oppose; counteract; bin- 
(ant-ark-ta'li-a), . [NL., < LL. 
umns stand be- crepidonm. 
tween the anta;. 
anta 2 (an'ta), n. [Sp. Pg. anta, < Braz. anta.] 
The native Brazilian name of the common or 
American tapir, Tapirus americanus. 
antacid (ant-as'id), n. and a. [< Gr. avr- for 
avri, against (see anti-), + acid.] I. n. In 
therap., an ajkali used as a remedy for acidity 
in the stomach. 
Le Conte, Sight, p. 33. 
In the rabbit a fatal dose of strychnia might be so an- 
tagonized by a dose of chloral as to save life. 
ijuain, Med. Diet., p. 56. 
II. intrans. To act antagonistically or in op- 
position. [Rare.] 
Also spelled antagonise. 
antagonyt (an-tag'o-ni), . [< Gr. iivrayiMia, 
adversity, opposition, < avri, against, + aytwia, 
Cf. Arctalia.] In zoiigeog., the antarctic marine 
realm ; that zoological division of the southern 
waters of the globe which corresponds to the 
northern division called Arctalia, and covers 
the antipodal ocean up to the isocryme of 44. 
Gill. 
Antarctalian (ant-ark-ta'li-an), a. [< Antarc- 
talia + -an.] Of or pertaining to Antarctalia : 
as, the Antarctalian fauna. Gill. 
