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[ANTE] ăn'-té, ěn'-té, a [Fr. anté, or enté engrafted.] Her.: "Engrafted," or joined into cach other in any way, as by dovetails, swallowtails, or rounds. ăn'-tě, in compos. [Lat. ante , prep., adv., or more rarely adj. before. In Fr. ante, in compos.; Sp. ante , prep. and in compos.; Port. ante, in compos. Ital. anzi before, ante, anze, in compos.; Ger. ant , in compos.; A.S. & Goth. and , in compos. Cognate with Gr. ἀντί (anti) (ANTI), ἄντα ( anta ) = over against; ἄντην ( anten ) = against, over against; Sanse. ati above or beyond.] Before, in place or in time, as ante - chamber = a chamber before or in front of another; antedate = to date before the true time. (Very few compounds of ante retain the hyphen.) ante-historical, a. Prior to the time when so-called "history" becomes worthy of the name. "The second and third books seem likewise to have turned upon the legendary and ante - historical period of the Italian cities."- Lewis : Early Rom. Hist ., ch. iii., § 8. * ăn-tăp-o-plěc'-tic, a . [Gr. ἀντί (anti) = against, and ἀποπληξία ( apoplex i a ) = apoplexy.] Suitable to be employed in apoplexy. (Johnson.)