a prefix meaning "before," used in the formation of compound words: anteroom; antebellum; antedate.
[ ante (see ANCIENT); akin to Gk antí, OE and- against, toward, opposite. See ANSWER, AND, ANTI- ]
a prefix meaning "before," used in the formation of compound words: anteroom; antebellum; antedate.
[ ante (see ANCIENT); akin to Gk antí, OE and- against, toward, opposite. See ANSWER, AND, ANTI- ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012