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ante
This ROOT-WORD is the Prefix ANTE which means BEFORE. Many of the words in this list are pure Latin phrases, but they have become a part of our language and we consider them English. Do not confuse ANTE with ANTI which means against. ANTE means before.
1. Antebellum : ANTE bellum (Ant e bel’ um) adj.
Existing before the war
2. Antebrachium : ANTE brachium (an tee bray’ ki um) n.
The forearm
3. Antecede : ANTE cede (ant e sede’) v.
To go before
4. Antecedent : ANTE cedent (ant e sede’ ent) n.
The word preceding the pronoun to which the pronoun refers
5. Anteroom : ANTE room (ant’ e rum) n.
A room before another; as, a waiting room
6. Antedate : ANTE date (ant’ e date) v.
To precede in time; to date something earlier than its creation
7. Antediluvian : ANTE diluvian (ant e di lue’ vee an) adj.
Belonging to the time before the flood
8. Ante flexed : ANTE fiexed (an tee fleksd’) adj.
Bent forward; as, a displaced organ
9. Ante past : ANTE past (an’ tee past) n.
A foretaste; as, an appetizer
10. Antelucan : ANTE lucan (an tee lue’ kan) adj.
Before dawn; as, meetings of the early Christians
11. Ante nuptial : ANTE nuptial (an tee nup’ shal) adj.
Coming before marriage
12. Anterior : ANTE rior (an ter’ ee or) adj.
Preceding in time or place
13. Antennae : ANTE nnae (an ten’ a) n.
The feelers on the head of an insect; used as organs of touch
14. Antepenult : ANTE penult (ant e pee’ nult) n.
The third syllable before the end of the word
15. Antelude : ANTE lude (an’ tee lude) n.
A play before the main play; a curtain-raiser
16. Ante script : ANTE script (an’ tee script) n.
A note added before something as prefix to a letter
17. Ante meridian : ANTE meridiem (ant e me rid’ ee em) adj.
Coming before noon
18. Ante mortem : ANTE mortem (ant e mort’ em) adj.
Coming before death
19. Ante vocalic : ANTE vocalic (an tee vo kal’ ic) adj.
A letter before a vowel; as, k in kind
20. Ante type : ANTE type (an’ tee tipe) n.
An earlier type of something
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