ANTES

Proper noun

Antes

(historical) A medieval European tribal union who lived north of the lower Danube and the Black Sea (on the territory of modern Moldova and Ukraine) in the 6th and 7th century AD.

Anagrams

• Teans, Tenas, etnas, nates, neats, netas, senat, stane, stean

Noun

antes

plural of ante

Verb

antes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ante

Anagrams

• Teans, Tenas, etnas, nates, neats, netas, senat, stane, stean

Source: Wiktionary


An"tes, n. pl. Antæ.

Definition: See Anta.

ANTE

An"te-.

Definition: A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 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. opposite, or in the place of.

An"te, n. (Poker Playing)

Definition: Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

An"te, v. t. & i.

Definition: To put up (an ante).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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