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Webster 1913 Edition
Ante-
An′te-
(ăn′tē̍-)
. A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr.
ἀντί
, 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. ἀντί
in that of opposite, or in the place of.