Vocabulary : Antares to Anteal

Antares : The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.
Antarthritic : Counteracting or alleviating gout. ;; A remedy against gout.
Antasthmatic : Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. ;; A remedy for asthma.
Ant-bear : An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
Ant-cattle : Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

Ante : Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins. ;; To put up (an 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.
Ante mortem : Before death; -- generally used adjectivelly; as, an ante-mortem statement; ante-mortem examination.
Anteact : A preceding act.
Anteal : Being before, or in front.

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