AN'TE . A Latin preposition, Gr.; much used in the composition of English words, especially in words from the Latin and Greek languages. It signifies before in place, in front; hence opposite, contrary; and figuratively, before in time. The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, and the Greek, in that of opposite, or in the place of.
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To put up (an ante).
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
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.
A preceding act.
A preceding act.
Being before, or in front.
Antecedent; preceding in time.
Antecedent; preceding in time.
The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent motion of a planet towards the west, or contrary to the order of the signs.
1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
2. An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the deluge.
1. That which goes before in time; hence in writings, that which precedes in place. In grammar, the noun to which a relative or other substitute refers; as, Solomon was the prince, who built the Temple. In logic, the first of two propositions in an enthymeme, or argument of two propositions; as, if the sun is fixed, the earth must move. Here the first and conditional proposition is the antecedent; the second, the consequent.
2. In mathematics, the first of two terms of a ratio, or that which is compared with the other.
1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
2. One who precedes or goes in front.
3. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
4. The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
5. The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
6. The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
7. The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
Previously; at a time preceding.
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.
1. One who goes before; a leader; a principal. It was formerly a title given to those who excelled in any science; to professors of civil law; and in the Universities of France, the teachers of law take the title in their theses.
2. One that possessed land before the present possessor.
1. One who goes before; a predecessor.
2. An ancestor; a progenitor.
A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment to which it leads, and in which persons wait for audience.
1. A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
2. A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
The part of the chapel through which is the passage to the choir or body of it.
The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.
In geography, the antecians are those inhabitants of the earth, under the same meridian, and at the same distance from the equator, but, on opposite sides, one party north, the other south. They have the same hours of day and night, but different seasons; it being winter with one, when it is summer with the other.
A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
One who runs before; a forerunner. In the Roman armies, the antecursors were a body of horse detached to obtain intelligence, get provisions, etc., for the main body.
A forerunner; a precursor.
Prior date; a date antecedent to another.
1. To date before the true time; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to express a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
2. To anticipate; to take before the true time.
3. And antedate the bliss above.
1. Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
2. Anticipation.
1. To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
2. To precede in time.
3. To anticipate; to make before the true time.
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Chance. 2 Roget’s Thesaurus §621
N. chance, lot, fate, luck, good luck, mascot, speculation, venture, stake, game of chance, mere shot, random shot, blind bargain, leap in the dark, pig in a poke, fluke, potluck, faro bank, flyer*, limit, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, heisenberg's uncertainty principle, drawing lots, sortilegy, sortition|, sortes, sortes virgilianae, rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice, wager, bet, betting, gambling, the turf, gaming house, gambling house, betting house, bucket shop, gambling joint, totalizator, totalizer, hell, betting ring, dice, dice box, gambler, gamester, man of the turf, adventurer, dicer|
V. chance, stand a chance, toss up, cast lots, draw lots, leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents, tempt fortune, chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt) 675, run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance, stand the hazard of the die, speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards, risk, venture, hazard, stake, ante, lay, lay a wager, make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for, play at chuck farthing
Adj. fortuitous, unintentional, unintended, accidental, not meant, undesigned, purposed, unpremeditated, unforeseen, uncontemplated, never thought of, random, indiscriminate, promiscuous, undirected, aimless, driftless, designless, purposeless, causeless, without purpose, possible, unforeseeable, unpredictable, chancy, risky, speculative, dicey
Adv. randomly, by chance, fortuitously, unpredictably, unforeseeably, casually, unintentionally, unwittingly, en passant, by the way, incidentally, as it may happen, at random, at a venture, at haphazard
Phr. acierta errando, dextro tempore, "fearful concatenation of circumstances", "fortuitous combination of circumstances", le jeu est le fils d'avarice et le pere du desespoir, "the happy combination of fortuitous circumstances", "the fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms", "god does not play dice with the universe"
Expenditure Roget’s Thesaurus §809
N. expenditure, money going out, out goings, out # lay, expenses, disbursement, prime cost, circulation, run upon a bank, payment, pay, bribe, fee, footing, garnish, subsidy, tribute, contingent, quota, donation, pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment, investment, purchase
V. expend, spend, run through, get through, pay, disburse, ante, ante up, pony up*, open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings, lay out, shell out*, fork out*, fork over, bleed, make up a sum, invest, sink money, run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806, fee, pay one's way, subscribe, subsidize
Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae