<B>anticipant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>expectant; anticipative (of). <DD><B> 2. </B>realized or enjoyed in advance; anticipatory (of). <BR> <I>Ex. a happiness anticipant of heaven.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person who anticipates; anticipator. </DL>
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<B>anticipate, </B>verb, <B>-pated,</B> <B>-pating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to look forward to; expect. <BR> <I>Ex. We anticipated a good time at the party.</I> (SYN) foresee, await. <DD><B> 2. </B>to do before others do; be ahead of in doing. <BR> <I>Ex. The Chinese anticipated the European discovery of gunpowder.</I> (SYN) antedate, precede. <DD><B> 3. </B>to take care of ahead of time; consider in advance. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother anticipated my hunger by baking cookies before I came home from school.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to be before (another) in thinking or acting; forestall. <BR> <I>Ex. In the discovery of the South Pole, Scott was anticipated by Amundsen.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to consider or mention before the proper time. <BR> <I>Ex. to anticipate a point in the argument.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to cause to happen sooner; hasten; accelerate. <BR> <I>Ex. The lazy boy anticipated his dismissal by stealing stamps.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to spend or pay out (money) before it is explicitly placed at one's disposal. <DD><B> 8. </B>to pay (a debt or obligation) before the date it is due. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to speak of or deal with matters before they arise naturally. <BR> <I>Ex. We must not anticipate.</I> noun <B>anticipator.</B> </DL>
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<B>anticipation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of anticipating; looking forward to; expectation. <BR> <I>Ex. The farmer cut more firewood than usual, in anticipation of a cold winter. A pleasure is sometimes greatest in anticipation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>realization, enjoyment, or celebration of an event or experience in advance. <BR> <I>Ex. the pleasures of anticipation.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>the taking into possession or assigning of money from a trust estate before it is properly at one's disposal. <DD><B> b. </B>a sum thus taken or assigned. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Music.) the introduction of a tone in advance of its chord as a means of varying the melody. </DL>
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<B>anticipative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> involving anticipation; having a tendency to anticipate. adv. <B>anticipatively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anticipatory">
<B>anticipatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> anticipating; anticipative. <BR> <I>Ex. He feels that without anticipatory investment a free enterprise economy soon gets sick, and that when it does it soon gets very sick (Atlantic).</I> adv. <B>anticipatorily.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anticlastic">
<B>anticlastic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having two opposite curvatures transverse to each other; convex in length and concave in breadth, or vice versa, as a saddle. </DL>
<A NAME="anticlerical">
<B>anticlerical, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> opposed to the influence of the church and clergy, especially in public affairs. <DD><I>noun </I> an anticlerical person. <BR> <I>Ex. In next-door Quebec anticlericals who are themselves Catholics in good standing are trying to put laymen in control [of the schools] (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anticlericalism">
<B>anticlericalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> opposition to the influence of the church and clergy, especially in public affairs. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a country of lively anticlericalism, Marxist polemics, and half-empty churches (Time).</I> noun <B>anticlericalist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anticlimactic">
<B>anticlimactic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like an anticlimax. adv. <B>anticlimactically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anticlimax">
<B>anticlimax, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an abrupt descent from the important to the trivial or unimportant. (Example:) "Alas! Alas! what shall I do? I've lost my wife and best hat, too!" <DD><B> 2. </B>descent (in importance or interest) contrasting sharply with a previous rise or high point. </DL>
<A NAME="anticlinal">
<B>anticlinal, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or like an anticline; inclining in opposite directions from a central axis. <DD><I>noun </I> an anticline. </DL>
<A NAME="anticline">
<B>anticline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a fold of rock strata that bends downward on both sides from its center (contrasted with <I>syncline</I>). </DL>
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<B>anticlinorium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-noria</B> , <B>-noriums.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mountain range or system in which the folds of strata constitute one huge composite of anticlines and synclines. </DL>
<B>anticoagulant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a substance or agent that prevents or slows up coagulation of blood. <BR> <I>Ex. Usually, when transfusions are given, ... an anticoagulant is used to prevent clotting (World Book Encyclopedia).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> that acts as an anticoagulant. </DL>
<A NAME="anticodon">
<B>anticodon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Genetics.) a group of three bases in transfer RNA, corresponding to each codon in messenger RNA. <BR> <I>Ex. Transfer RNA loaded with amino acid is thought to "recognize" the codon for that amino acid, perhaps through the binding to the codon of an anticodon of three complementary bases on transfer RNA (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anticoincidence">
<B>anticoincidence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the prevention of coincidence, especially the arranging of atomic particles in such a way as to avoid unwanted combinations. </DL>
<A NAME="anticolonial">
<B>anticolonial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> opposed to colonialism. <BR> <I>Ex. an anticolonial power.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anticolonialism">
<B>anticolonialism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> opposition to colonialism. <BR> <I>Ex. The Chinese stress that ... they too were a colored nation which had to achieve independence through anticolonialism (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anticolonialist">
<B>anticolonialist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an opponent of colonialism. <DD><I>adj. </I> anticolonial. <BR> <I>Ex. The torrent of anticolonialist oratory at the All African People's Conference in Accra ... seemed to have no end (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="anticommunism">
<B>anticommunism</B> or <B>anti-Communism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> opposition to the principles of communism and to the institutions and practices based on them. n., adj. <B>anticommunist, antiCommunist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="anticonvulsant">
<B>anticonvulsant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a drug or agent that prevents or alleviates the effects of convulsions. <BR> <I>Ex. When ... anticonvulsants are effective, they prevent the periodic attacks which are the manifestation of epilepsy (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> that acts as an anticonvulsant. </DL>
<A NAME="anticorrosive">
<B>anticorrosive, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a substance or agent that prevents or counteracts corrosion. <DD><I>adj. </I> that acts as an anticorrosive. </DL>
<A NAME="anticreep">
<B>anticreep, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> preventing creeping (applied to various mechanical devices, such as one for keeping rails from moving lengthwise). </DL>
<B>anticryptic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) that serves to make an animal less conspicuous to its prey, such as natural colorings or markings. </DL>
<A NAME="antics">
<B>antics, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>antic</B> (n. def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="anticyclone">
<B>anticyclone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>winds moving ground and away from a center of high pressure, which also moves. The motion of an anticyclone is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern. <DD><B> 2. </B>an atmospheric disturbance at the edge of such an area. </DL>
<A NAME="anticyclonic">
<B>anticyclonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, like, or having to do with an anticyclone. adv. <B>anticyclonically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="antidepressant">
<B>antidepressant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a drug or agent that prevents or alleviates the effects of depression. <BR> <I>Ex. The antidepressants ... elevate mood and restore drive and zest for living (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> that acts as an antidepressant. </DL>
<A NAME="antiderivative">
<B>antiderivative, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in calculus) any function the derivative of which is a given function. </DL>
<A NAME="antideuterium">
<B>antideuterium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the analogue in antimatter of deuterium. </DL>
<A NAME="antideuteron">
<B>antideuteron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the analogue in antimatter of deuteron, consisting of an antiproton and an antineutron. </DL>
<A NAME="antidiphtheritic">
<B>antidiphtheritic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an agent or drug that prevents or cures diphtheria. <DD><I>adj. </I> that acts as an antidiphtheritic. </DL>
<A NAME="antidiscrimination">
<B>antidiscrimination, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> opposed to discrimination, especially on the basis of race or religion, in education, housing, employment, or recreation. <BR> <I>Ex. antidiscrimination legislation.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="antidisestablishmentarian">
<B>antidisestablishmentarian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who believes in the doctrine of antidisestablishmentarianism. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the doctrine of antidisestablishmentarianism. </DL>
<A NAME="antidisestablishmentarianism">
<B>antidisestablishmentarianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrine that an established national church, especially the Church of England, should be maintained and should retain its status of formal preeminence with regard to other churches in the same country. </DL>
<A NAME="antidiuretic">
<B>antidiuretic, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a drug or agent that reduces or inhibits the elimination of urine. <DD><I>adj. </I> that acts as an antidiuretic. </DL>
<A NAME="antidotal">
<B>antidotal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like an antidote; serving as an antidote. adv. <B>antidotally.</B> </DL>
