antiques

pl. [ANTIQUE.] ăn-tiq-ui-tär-i-an (ui = wi), s. [Eng. anti quit(y); -arian.] One who praises bygone days; a medievalist. ( Milton: Of Ref. in Eng., bk. i.) ăn-tiq-ui-ties (ui = wì), s . pl . [ANTIQUITY.] ăn-tiq-ui-tỹ, *ăn-tiq-ui-tie (ui = wi), s. [Fr. anti quité , from Lat. anti quit as, anti quus ancient.] A. Singular : I. The state of having existed long ago; the state of being ancient. 1. By the geological standard: Vast and uncertain age. inferiority in position is connected with the superior antiquity of granite."-Lyell: Manual Geol., 4th ed., ch. xxxiv. Antiquity of man: The specific term applied to the hypothesis now generally accepted by geologists and other scientific investigators as correct, that man came into being not later than the glacial period, if indeed he did not exist in pre-glacial times. From the historic point of view this makes him very "antique," though by the geological standard the date of his birth is exceedingly modern. (Lyell: Antiquity of Man .) 2. By the historic standard: (a) Ancient times, especially those from the earliest known period to the fall of the Roman empire. "I mention Aristotle, Polybius, and Cicero, the greatest philosopher, the most impartial historian, and the most consummate statesman, of all antiquity ." -Add is on. (b) Sometimes the word in this sense is used much more vaguely. "From a period of immemorial antiquity it had been the practice of every English government to com tract debts."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iii. 3. By the standard of human or other life or existence. Ludicrously : Old age. "Par. Hadst thou not the privilege of antiquity upon thee," Shakesp. All's Well , ii. s. II. The ancients, the people who lived during the times mentioned under No. 2. "Wherefore doth vaine antiquitie so vaunt Her ancient monuments of mightie peeres?" Spenser; Sonnet on Scanderbeg. B. Plural . Antiquities signify such coins, inscriptions, statues, weapons, sepulchral urns, ruined edifices, nay, even manuscripts, as have come down to us from the cla ical and other nations of antiquity, or from the early period of our own country's history. They are valued as confirming, checking, or enlarging the information given by historians, or in some cases as laying the basis for reconstructing the most outstanding events connected with nations or periods regarding which ordinary histories are silent. 'So of histories we may find three kinds: Memorial a, Perfect Histories, and Antiquities ; for memorials are history unfinished, or the first or rough rough draughts of history and antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have carually escaped the shipwreck of time."- Bacon : Adv. of Learn ., bk. ii. ăn-ti-rho-a, 8. [Gr. ἀντί ( anti ) = against; ῥέω (rheo) = to flow. Named from being used against hæmorrhage.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Cinchonacese (Cinch on ads). The species are found in Mauritius and Bourbon. The root and bark of the A. vert i cell at a are believed to be very astringent. ăn-ti-rheu-mắt-ic ( h silent), a. & s. [Gr. ἀντί (anti) = against, and Eng. rheumatic.] 1. As adjective: Deemed of use against rheumatism. 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As substantive: A medicine given against rheumatism. ăn-ti-rěv-ô-lû'-tion-ar-ỹ, а. [Gr. ἀντί (anti) = against, and Eng. revolutionary. In Fr. antirévolutionnaire .] Opposed to political, and especially to sanguinary, revolution. to disgorge their anti - revolutionary pelf."Burke: Regicide Peace.