ant1 (ant)

[Early mod. E. ante, ampte, ME. emete, emette, emet, E. emmet, q. v.) = OHG. ameiza, MHG. ameize, G. ameise (MHG. also emeze, G. emse), ant. Of uncertain origin; perhaps IMG:content-0819.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] 232 II. a. Counteracting acidity. Also written anti - acid . antacrid (ant-ak'rid), a. [ ἀντ- for ἀντί, against (see anti- ), + acrid .] Having power to correct an acrid condition of the secretions. an tad i form (ant-ad'i-form), a. [ ἀντί , opposite (see anti- ), + L. ad , toward, + form a , form.] In ichth ., having an inversely similar contour of the dorsal and inferior out- IMG:content-0820.png:[blocks in formation] The incommunicable antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton , Divorce, i. 8. antal (an'tal), [= F. G. antal, talu, Little Ru . and Pol. antal, Pol. also antalek (barred 1), or -ant , -ant1. [ cent introduction have -ant, -ant2. [ -an + excrescent-t, the- nt arising from -nd, a di imilated gemination of n.] A corruption of -an, of various origin, as in pageant, peasant, pheasant, truant, tyrant. See these words. IMG:content-0821.png:[blocks in formation] lines, so that if the body, exclusive of the head, could be simply folded lengthwise, the two mar- gins would be found to be nearly coincident: exemplified in the black-ba , wra es, and many other species. Gill . antæ, n. Plural of antal . anta go get (ant-a-gō'jē), n. A short form of an- tanagoge. antagonisation, antagonise. See antagoniza- tion , antagonize . antagonism (an-tag'ō-nizm), n. [ anta go- posed; mutual resistance or opposition of two nize .] 1. The state of being mutually op- forces in action; contrariety of things or prin- ciples. Among inferior types of creatures antagonism habitu- ally implies combat, with all its struggles and pains. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 498. And, toppling over all antagonism , So wax'd in pride, that I believed myself Unconquerable. Tennyson, Geraint.