"""covenanter " :: Covenanter (n.) One who subscribed and defended the Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant..

Adamantean :: Adamantean (a.) Of adamant; hard as adamant.

Andante :: Andante (a.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto..

Andante :: Andante (n.) A movement or piece in andante time.

Ante :: Ante (n.) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins..

Ante :: Ante (v. t. & i.) To put up (an ante).

Ante- :: Ante- () A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of..

Anteact :: Anteact (n.) A preceding act.

Anteal :: Anteal (a.) Being before, or in front..

Antecedaneous :: Antecedaneous (a.) Antecedent; preceding in time.

Antecede :: Antecede (v. t. & i.) To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Antecedency :: Antecedency (n.) The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence Solomon was the prince who built the temple, prince is the antecedent of who..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die..

Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent..

Antecedently :: Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion..

Antecessor :: Antecessor (n.) One who goes before; a predecessor.

Antecessor :: Antecessor (n.) An ancestor; a progenitor.

Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..

Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

Antechapel :: Antechapel (n.) The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.

Antecians :: Antecians (n. pl.) See Ant/cians.

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