antiquity 
Sp. antiguedad = fg. aiitii/uidade = It. anticliiifi, 
< L. anii(/it<i(t-)n,<. initii/iiiiK : see antique.] 1. 
The quality of being ancient ; ancientness ; 
great age: as, a family of great antiquity. 
This ring is valuable for its ititln[intti. Juhwnit. 
Is not your voice broken? your wind short? . . . siinl 
every part about you blasted with antiiiiiitu .' 
,S7mit.,2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 
2. Ancient times; former ages; times long 
since past: as, Demosthenes was the most elo- 
quent orator of antiquity. 
Nor even so remotely among the mossy centuries did it 
pause, but strayed onward into that gray <tnti'iitn ot 
which there is no token left save its cavernous tombs, etc. 
Iliuethnrnt, Marble Kami. 
3. The ancients collectively; the people of an- 
cient times. 
He lives with aiitiifiiitij and posterity ; with antiquity, 
in the sweet communion of studious retirement ; ana with 
posterity, in the generous aspirings after future renown. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 29. 
That such pillars were raised by Beth all antiquity has 
avowed. Sir W. Raleigh. 
4. An old person. [Humorous.] 
You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbour Cleuch. 
/;. Jun&m. 
5. That which is ancient, or belongs to old or 
ancient times; something left by or peculiar 
to the ancients : generally in the plural : as, 
Greek or Egyptian antiquities. 
The lectures will have for a common object the history 
and antiquities of the country. Everett, Orations, II. 111. 
antirabic (an-ti-rab'ik), a. [< anti- + rabies.] 
Pertaining to the prevention of rabies or hy- 
drophobia. 
The Russian ttnttrabic. inoculation institution [in Odessa], 
Science, IX. 186. 
antiracer (au-ti-ra'ser), . [< anti- + race 1 + 
-er 1 .] A device for preventing the racing of 
the screw of a marine propeller when the vessel 
pitches so as to throw it out of the water. 
antirachitic (an'ti-ra-kit'ik), a. [< anti- + 
rachitic.] Tending to cure rachitis or rickets. 
antiremonstrant (an"ti-re-mon'strant), . [< 
anti- + remonstrant.] One opposed to remon- 
strance or to those who remonstrate. Specifi- 
cally (with a capital), one of that party in the Dutch Cal- 
vinistic Church which opposed the Remonstrants or Ar- 
minians. They are also called Counter-remonstrants. See 
remonstrant. 
antirent (an-ti-renf), a. [< anti- + rent.'] Op- 
posed to the payment of rent; opposed, on 
theoretical grounds, to the exaction of rent 
for land, etc. : as, antirent doctrines Antirent 
party, a social and political organization which resisted 
(1839 to about 1849) the collection of rent on certain great 
manorial estates in the State of New York. 
antirenter (an-ti-ren'ter), . [< antirent + -er 1 .] 
A person opposed to the payment of rent ; spe- 
cifically, a member of the Antirent party. 
Antirrhinum (an-ti-ri'num), . [NL., < Gr. 
avri, corresponding to, like, + fa, }>iv, nose.] 
A genus of herbs, natural order Scrophulariacece, 
natives of the warmer parts of the old world and 
North America. The flowers of most of the species 
bear a resemblance to an animal's snout ; hence the name. 
The snapdragon, A. majuts, is a familiar garden-plant, 
with showy flowers, from the Mediterranean. The Mexi- 
can A. mattrandioidejf is also frequently cultivated. 
antisabbatarian (an'ti-sab-a-ta'ri-an), n. [< 
anti- + Sabbatarian.'] One who denies the per- 
petual obligation of the sabbath law, maintain- 
ing that it was part of the ceremonial, not of the 
moral law, and was abolished by Christ ; hence, 
one who opposes strictness in the observance 
of the sabbath: the opposite of Sabbatarian. 
See Sabbatarian, sabbath. 
antiscian (an-tish'ian), n. [< L. antisdi, < Gr. 
avriaKioi, pi. of avrioiaof, with opposite shadows, 
< avri, opposite, + ama, shadow. Cf. amphis- 
cian.~\ A person whose shadow at noon is cast 
in a direction contrary to that of an inhabitant 
of the other side of the equator living upon the 
same meridian. See antecians. 
antiscii (an-tish'i-I), n. pi. [L. : see antiscian.'] 
Antiscians. 
antiscolic (an-ti-skol'ik), a. [< Gr. avri, against, 
+ HK/MI^ , a worm : see Scolex.] Anthelmintic. 
Syd. Soc. Lex. 
antiscorbutic (an"ti-skor-bu'tik), a. and . [< 
anti- + scorbutic.'] I. a. In med., counteracting 
scurvy. 
II. . A remedy for scurvy, as lemon-juice, 
ripe fruits, etc. 
antiscorbutical (an"ti-sk6r-bu'ti-kal), a. Same 
as antiscorbutic. 
antiscriptural (an-ti-skrip'tur-al), a. [< anti- 
+ scripture + -al.] Antagonistic to the prin- 
ciples or doctrines of Scripture, or to the ac- 
ceptance of the Scriptures as inspired. 
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antiscripturism (au-ti-skrip'tur-i/.m), . [< 
anti- + scripture + -(*!.] Opposition to the 
Scriptures. [Rare.] 
Atttiycripturismgrowa . . . rife and spreads fast. 
. style of Holy Scriptures, p. 146. 
antiscripturist (an-ti-skrip'tur-ist), n. [< tin ti- 
+ scriptnri' + -int.] One who denies the truth 
of Scripture ; one who does not accept revela- 
tion: as, "atheists and aatfMrfptMriMt," Jlni/li. 
Style of Holy Scriptures, p. 4. [Rare.] 
antisepalous (an-ti-sep'a-lus), a. [< auti- + 
Antisepalous Flower of AUhtmilla vulgarit. 
a, stamens, alternating with the petals (b) and opposite 
to the sepals (O. 
sepal + -ous.] In hot., standing opposite to 
sepals: applied to stamens. 
antisepsis (an-ti-sep'sis), . [NL., < Gr. ami, 
against, + triflac, putrefaction: see septic.] The 
more or less complete exclusion of living micro- 
organisms from those bodies or substances in 
which they produce disease, putrefaction, or 
fermentation. Such organisms may be destroyed, as 
by heat or germicides, or excluded, as by coveringsor clean- 
liness, or their activity and multiplication may be restricted, 
as by the application of antiseptic substances or of cold. 
antiseptic (an-ti-sep'tik), a. and n. [< Gr. avri, 
against, + aj/vTUiof, septic: see septic.] I. a. 
Pertaining to antisepsis; inimical to the growth 
and activity of the micro-organisms of disease, 
putrefaction, or fermentation Antiseptic var- 
nish, in iMiintiiKi. a glazing used to protect such vegetable 
or animal colors as are likely to fade by exposure to the air. 
II. n. Anything which destroys the micro- 
organisms of disease, putrefaction, or fermen- 
tation, or which restricts their growth and mul- 
tiplication. Substances used for this purpose are cor- 
rosive sublimate, chlorinated lime, carbolic acid, sulphur- 
ous acid, etc. See disinfectant and yermicide. 
antiseptically (an-ti-sep'ti-kal-i), adv. In an 
antiseptic manner; by the application of anti- 
septics. 
Lister has operated antiseptically. 
T. Bryant, Surgery, p. 757. 
antisepticise, r. t. See anttsepticize. 
antisepticist (an-ti-sep'ti-sist), n. [< antiseptic 
+ -ist.] A believer in antiseptic treatment. 
antisepticize (an-ti-sep'ti-siz), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. antisepticized, ppr. antisepticizing. [(anti- 
septic + -ize.] To treat with antiseptic agents ; 
apply antiseptics to. Also spelled antisepticise. 
I recently sewed up a bad cut on a boy's hand with one 
of the three strands of ordinary surgeon's silk, unwaxed 
and not antinepticiscd. y. Y. Med. Jour., XL. 617. 
antiseption (an-ti-sep'shon), n. [Irreg. < anti- 
septic + -ion.] Antisepsis. 
antislavery (an-ti-sla've-ri), a. and n. [< anti- 
+ slavery.] I. a. Opposed to slavery: as, an 
antislavery man; the antislavery agitation. 
Mr. Clay, . . . though likewise Anti-Slavery in princi- 
ple, was a zealous and most efficient adversary of Restric- 
tion. U. Oreeley, Amer. Conflict, I. 76. 
II. . Opposition to slavery. 
antislaveryism (an-ti-sla've-ri-izm), . [< an- 
tislarery + -ism.] Opposition to slavery; the 
doctrines of the antislavery party. [Rare.] 
antisocial (an-ti-so'shal), a. [< anti- + social.] 
1. Averse or antagonistic to sociality or social 
intercourse. 2. Opposed to social order, or 
the principles on which society is constituted. 
antisocialist (an-ti-so'shal-ist), a. [< anti- + 
socialist.] Opposed to tfie doctrines and prac- 
tices of socialism. 
The vitality of these associations must indeed be great 
to have enabled about twenty of them to survive the anti- 
ftocialijtt reaction. J. S. Mill. 
antispadix (an-ti-spa'diks), . [< anti- + spa- 
dix.] A specialized group of four tentacles on 
the right side of some male cephalopods, as the 
nautilus, three of them having their sheaths 
united and the fourth standing alone. The 
structure is opposite to the spadix; hence the 
name. 
These four tentacles may be called the anti-spadix. 
E. R. Lankester, Encyc. Brit., XVI. 674. 
antispasis (an-tis'pa-sis), . [< Gr. avTitmaaic,, 
< avrimrav, draw in the contrary direction, < avri, 
contrary, + mtav, draw.] In pathol., a revul- 
sion of fluids from one part of the body to an- 
other. [Rare.] 
antispasmodic (an"ti-spaz-mod'ik), a. and .. 
[< anti- + x/iaxinodic.] I. a. In med., curative 
of spasm ; checking or curing convulsions. 
antitheist 
II. n. In med., a remedy for spasm or convul- 
sions, as ether, chloroform, the bromides, etc. 
antispast (an'ti-spast), n. [< L. autispastus, < 
Gr. avrwTTrnoTof, verbal adj. of avrimrav, draw in 
the contrary direction : see antispasis.] IIKIHC. 
pros., a tetrasyllable foot, in which the first and 
last syllables are short and the middle syllables 
long, as ClytiuHHestrfi. It is a combination of 
an iambus and a trochee. 
antispastic (an-ti-spas'tik), a. and . [< Gr. 
avTieiraoTurff, able to draw back, < Avrfowocrrof : 
see antispast.'] I. a. 1. In med.: (t) Causing a 
revulsion of fluids or humors, (b) Counteract- 
ing spasm; antispasmodic. 2. Containing or 
consisting of antispasts: as, an antispastic verse. 
II. n. In med. : (of) A medicine supposed to 
act by causing a revulsion of the humors. (6) 
A remedy that counteracts spasm ; an antispas- 
modic. 
antispastust (au-ti-spas'tus), n. [L.] Same 
as untispast. [Rare.] 
antisplenetic (an"ti-sple-net'ik), a. [< anti- 
+ splenetic,] Acting as a remedy in diseases 
of tne spleen. 
antistasis (an-tis'ta-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. avri- 
rrraaif, a counter-plea, set-off, opposition, < avdi- 
irraoQai, avTiarr/vai, withstand, \avri, against, + 
laraaOai, orr/vat, stand.] In rhet., the justifica- 
tion of an action by the argument that if it 
had been omitted something worse would have 
happened. 
antistes (an-tis'tez), n. ; pi. antistites (-ti-tez). 
[L., an overseer, a high priest ; prop, adj., stand- 
ing before ; < antistare, also antestare, stand be- 
fore, < ante, before (see ante-), + stare, stand.] 
A chief priest or prelate. [Rare.] 
Unless they hail as many antixtite* as presbyters. 
Milton, Prelatical Episcopacy. 
antistrophal (an-tis'tro-fal), a. Of or pertain- 
ing to antistrophe. 
antistrophe (aii-tis'tro-fe), n. [L., < Gr. avri- 
arpo^ii, lit. a turning about, < avriorpfipeiv, turn 
about, < avri, against, + arpeijieiv, turn. Cf. 
strophe.] 1. A part of an ancient Greek choral 
ode corresponding to the strophe, which im- 
mediately precedes it, and identical with it in 
meter. It was sung by the chorus when returning from 
left to right, they having previously sung the strophe 
when moving from right to left. The strophe, antistrophe, 
and epode (the last sung by the chorus standing still), in 
this sequence, were the three divisions of a larger choral 
passage, which in its turn was treated as a unit and might 
be used once or repeated a number of times. This struc- 
ture was occasionally imitated in Latin, and has sometimes 
been used in modern poetry. 
2. In rhet. : (a) The reciprocal conversion of the 
same words in consecutive clauses or sentences : 
as, the master of the servant, the servant of 
the master. (6) The turning of an adversary's 
plea against him: as, had I killed him as you 
report, I had not stayed to bury him. 
antistrophic (an-ti-strof 'ik), a. [< Gr. avri- 
arixxjiiKof, < avTiarpotyfi : see antistrophe.] Relat- 
ing to antistrophe. 
antistrophically (an-ti-strof'i-kal-i), adv. In 
inverse order ; by antistrophe. 
antistrophon (an-tis'tro-fon), n. [< Gr. avri- 
arpotyos (neut. -OK), turned opposite ways, < 
avTiaTptyeiv: see antistrophe.] In rhet., the turn- 
ing of an argument against the one who ad- 
vanced it. 
antistrumatic (an'ti-stro-mat'ik), a. [< anti- 
+ strumatic.] Same as antistrumovs. 
antistrumous (an-ti-strS'mus), a. [< auti- 
+ strumous.] In med., useful as a remedy for 
scrofulous disorders. 
antisyphilitic (an'ti-sif-i-lit'ik), a. [< anti- 
+ syphilitic.] In med., efficacious against syphi- 
lis, or venereal poison. Also called antiltietie. 
Antitactes(an-ti-tak'tez),n.;pl.^nft'tocte(-te). 
[Gr. avTiTaKrric_, a heretic (see def.), < avriTaaaeiv, 
oppose, resist, < avri, against, + rdaaeiv, set in 
order, range, arrange: see anti- and tactic.] 
One of those Gnostics who professed to oppose 
the will and commands of the Creator, Demi- 
urge, or second Maker (the evil one), and, 
assuming that it was the latter who gave the 
decalogue, held that the moral law was not obli- 
gatory, and showed their contempt for it by 
purposely transgressing its commandments: a 
name given by Clement of Alexandria. 
antithalian (an - ti - tha ' li - an), a. [< anti- + 
Thalia, the muse of comedy : see Thalia.] Op- 
posed to fun or festivity. N. E. D. [Rare.] 
antitheism (an'ti-the-izm), n. [<.anti-+ tlie- 
isw.] Opposition to theism. [Rare.] 
antitheist (an'ti-the-ist), n. [< anti- + theist.] 
An opponent of theism; one who denies the ex- 
istence of a personal God. [Rare.] 
