† anten.1
Obsolete. rare.
1. Also anta. The South American tapir; = dante n. 2. Cf. mountain cow n. at mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2c.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Tapiridae (tapir)
ante1596
dante1601
mountain cow1699
tapir1774
bush cow1847
tapiridian1880
1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 94 It [sc. Guiana] hath a kind of beast called Cama, or Anta, as bigge as an English beefe, and in greate plenty.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. iv. 704 Anta, resembling a Mule, but somewhat lesse; slender snouted, the nether chappe very long, like a Trumpet, with round eares and short tailes, hiding themselues in the day-time, and feeding in the night.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iv. 102 Great Savannahs full of Bullocks, Horses, and other Animals; amongst which the Mountain Cow (called by the Spaniards Ante) is most remarkable.
2. An African quadruped (not identified), perhaps an antelope; = dante n. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun]
antelope1417
ante1625
bubal1661
capricerve1661
bok1812
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo)
buffle?c1510
buffalo1588
water-ox1615
ante1625
buffa1710
water buffalo1827
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. vii. v. §1. 1029 Buffes, Badgers, Ante, Deere.
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anten.2
/ˈanti/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)i/ Originally U.S.
1. In poker and similar card games.† b. The player who puts up the ante; = ante man n.2 Obsolete.Used in the context of games where a single player puts up an ante; see note at sense 1a.
a. A mandatory stake put into the pot or betting pool before play begins.An ante is put up either by a single player (typically the player to the dealer's left, but sometimes the dealer) or (now more usually) by all players at the table, in order to build up the value of the pot. Where the ante is paid by a single player, each subsequent player who wishes to continue playing after the deal must place a bet equal to or larger than the ante. See also blind n. 8.Cf. penny ante n.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > bidding or staking > stake
bet1796
ante1814
limit1864
1814 Hoyle's Games Improved (Boston ed.) 171 After the first three cards are dealt [in brag], but before taking in, the eldest hand having seen his cards, may raise the ante.
1838 Victims of Gaming 86 The one next to the dealer [at brag] puts up into the pool..any sum he may choose, unless the amount has been..fixed by the company. This sum is called the ante.
1844 J. Cowell Thirty Years among Players 94 The dealer makes the game, or value of the beginning bet, and called the anti.
1882 Poker 7 To begin the pool, the player next to the dealer, on his left, must put up money, which is called an ‘Ante’.
1930 L. Charteris Enter Saint 25 ‘What about making it a tenner ante for the last deal?’ I said, tipping the wink to the boys.
2007 Poker Player (World Ser. of Poker: Europe Issue) 72/2 A few hours later, with blinds of 1000/2000 and a 300 ante, Player C opened for 5000 under the gun.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > players > type of player
age1843
ante man1851
ante1853
straddler1863
bluffer1888
sandbagger1940
chip leader1985
1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 8 A negro ante and twenty on the call, was moderate playing.
1877 Westm. Papers 1 Feb. 196/2 The first player (the ante) now looks at his cards.
2. figurative. colloquial. An amount paid in advance, a down payment, a premium; a price. Also: means, available cash.Recorded earliest in to raise the ante at Phrases.
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society > trade and finance > money > [noun] > ready money or cash
ready money1429
argent-contentc1540
bitec1555
present money1572
chink1580
cash1600
bit1607
real money1675
fob?c1680
Darby1682
ready1684
blunt1819
makeready1830
hardshells1840
ante1843
spot cash1855
call money1856
necessary1897
society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun]
coffer1377
pursec1384
possibilityc1385
moneyc1390
financec1475
abilityc1503
purse stringc1530
moyen1547
means1560
financy1600
pocket1633
fonds1669
wherewith1674
apoinctee1682
funds1700
ways and means1738
money stock1743
pecuniary1748
pecuniar1793
wherewithal1809
ante1843
pocketbook1897
society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > advance payment
advancement1539
advance money1589
advance1607
advance payment1743
prepayment1838
ante1843
1843 Amer. Turf Reg. May 285 As Mr. Shelton promises to make a nomination [in the sweepstake] himself,..we hope, now that he has ‘raised’ the ‘ante’, people will make play!
1895 E. W. Townsend Chimmie Fadden, Major Max & Other Stories 103 We'll talk 'bout dat later... We're shy on our ante yet.
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Aug. 36/1 Weekly premiums are paid, and after a conviction a member pays a double ante, because his fine will be heavier next time.
1978 W. Groom Better Times than These 54 ‘What's the ante—dollar?’ ‘A greener to you, Lieutenant.’
2001 G. McCaughrean Stop the Train (2002) 178 Well I'd buy every last one of you, if I had the ante.
Phrases
figurative. to raise (also up) the ante: (a) to increase the amount paid in advance, to raise the price; (b) (in extended use) to increase what is at stake or under discussion.
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1843‘Raised’ the ‘ante’ [see sense 2].
1888 Zim's Sketches from Judge Mar. 20 Alas, what a sight met my eyes the next morning! The floor was mottled with evidences of a bad digestion and an uneasy conscience, I felt ashamed and concluded to raise the ante on this deal. I accordingly put a fifty-cent piece on the carpet near the scene of the conflict. Heretofore twenty-five cents had been my limit on such occasions.
1890 Harper's Mag. Feb. 428/2 I raised the ante, and sold three hundred papers at ten cents each.
1915 A. W. Dunn Gridiron Nights xiv. 132 The House rules were ‘revised’ to meet the characteristics of the coming Speaker. One declared that ‘the Speaker shall have power: to alter any of these rules; to suspend the writ of habeas corpus;..to declare war; to raise the ante’.
1927 G. H. Lorimer Let. 30 June in J. Cohn Creating Amer. (1989) 273 ‘Pioneer’ is just about high water mark for Post covers and on the strength of it we are going to raise the anti $250 per.
1942 Billboard 5 Sept. 55/1 Sauerwein has upped the ante of his contributions to Red Cross, USO and other worthy causes.
1952 Austin (Texas) Statesman 3 Nov. 11/4 Allies must call off..operations to hold the ridges, or raise the ante and win the war with a major operation.
1968 G. Vidal Myra Breckinridge xxiii. 102 Either he has paid me my share in full by April 1 or we up the ante.
1986 Telegraph (Sydney) (Nexis) 5 Nov. Mr Cain said he did not wish to make ‘gratuitous threats’ or ‘up the ante’ during the dispute [with nurses].
2008 C. Chandler Not Girl Next Door v. 122 Newton, truly in love, raises the ante. He will give her the part, with no implied commitments, except that if the show fails, she has to marry him.
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antev.
/ˈanti/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)i/ Originally U.S.
In Poker and similar card games.
1. intransitive. To put up an ante before play begins (see ante n.2 1a). Occasionally figurative: to pay out money, esp. in advance (now rare except in to ante up 1 at Phrasal verbs).
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1830 Rep. Case Paterson against Shaw for Libel 38 The hazard in this game consists in this, that before you look at your hand, you may anté, if you choose, on that hand.
1889 R. Guerndale Poker Bk. ii. 13 The player after the dealer must Ante first, before the draw.
1900 H. Lawson On Track 157 The man that doesn't ante gets the best of this world; anything he'll stand is good enough for the man that pays.
1983 A. Alvarez Biggest Game in Town (2002) iii. 51 ‘I'd go to the moon if they were anteing high enough,’ said Bobby Baldwin, another young World Championship winner.
2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones v. 101 One of the most popular games was brelan... Players began by anteing into the pot and receiving three cards.
2. transitive. To put up (an amount) as an ante before play begins. Also figurative: to bet, stake; (also) to pay out, hand over (now rare except in to ante up 2 at Phrasal verbs).Also with off, often indicating that the money put up or paid out is lost.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.)
laya1300
wed1362
to lay downc1430
setc1460
jeopardc1470
wage1484
holda1500
pary?a1505
to stake down1565
stake1591
gagec1598
bet?a1600
go1607
wagera1616
abet1617
impone1702
sport1706
stand1795
gamble1813
parlay1828
ante1846
to put on1890
plunge1919
1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs xii. 144 Exsept..500 dollers I anteed off amongst the boys of a night, I couldn't git off a sent.
1854 Ohio State Jrnl. 30 Aug. 4/6 Playin at billiards and monte Till they've nary red cent to ante.
1857 Knickerbocker Jan. 43 I did hear that you anted off 1000 shares in trade for Texas lands.
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) To Anti, to risk; to venture a bet; as, ‘I'll anti all I'm worth on that’. This term is derived from the game of poker.
1889 R. Guerndale Poker Bk. vii. 42 B Antes one, and the cards are dealt by A.
1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy iv. 80 Lafe Brown..advised her that he would ‘ante ten dollars to the church's kitty’.
2004 P. Hellmuth Bad Beats & Lucky Draws ii. 83 But the blinds and antes kept relentlessly creeping up, and I found myself anteing off quite a few chips.
2011 D. H. Roberts Treasure at El Dorado xxiii. 88 The next hand he got a pair of sevens; Black Derby was the dealer, so Jude anted two dollars.
Phrasal verbs
to ante up
1. intransitive. To put up an ante in a card game, esp. poker. Frequently figurative: to pay out money, esp. in advance; (more generally) to provide something, come up with something.In quot. 1846 the speaker is a character who frequently uses poker metaphors exhorting people to attend a prayer meeting.
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society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay up or out
to shell out1821
dub1823
stump1828
to stump up1836
tip1847
cash1854
to ante up1861
to fund up1888
pony1894
brass1898
cough1920
to pay up1941
to dig down1942
1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs x. 129 Ante up! ante up, boys—friends I mean—don't back out!
1854 Spirit of Times 15 Apr. 98/2 Again the stranger shuffled the cards with a quiet smile. ‘Ante up!’ ‘I've nothing left!’ said the Baron hoarsely.
1861 N.Y. Tribune 10 Aug. I have had to ante up at the rate of $200.
1896 H. A. Vachell Rom. Judge Ketchum iii. viii. 267 Death..and I hev bin pardners many a time, an' when he passes the word, I'll ante up with a smile if I kin.
1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor xxi. 324 You got a right to ante up with some information.
1938 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Moonshine viii. 88 You pay as you enter. Can you ante up?
1948 V. Palmer Golconda v. 33 ‘Ante up for your union ticket..,’ went on Mahony.
1991 Athlon's Baseball '91 5/2 The owners..have to ante up if they want to keep and attract the best talent.
2009 C. Helppie Kennedy must be Killed (2010) 80 As the players anted up, Allen leaned across the table and pointed his pipe toward Mr. Hoover.
2. transitive. To put up as an ante in a card game, esp. poker. Now chiefly figurative: to pay out; to hand over, come up with.
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society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay up or out
to pay out1438
to pay over1668
to shell down1801
pony1819
tip1829
to fork out, over, or up1831
to stump up1833
to put up1838
stump1841
pungle1851
to ante up1880
cough1894
to peg out1895
brass1898
1850 Pensacola (Florida) Gaz. 12 Oct. Steadily they played at a dime ante, and a dollar better, till the funds of the deacon were all exhausted, and he was forced to ante up tools.
1880 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 18 Dec. 2/3 His father..anteed up about three hundred dollars for oiling the feelings of the lady and the maintenance of the child.
1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 17/1 To Ante up is to pay, as well as to wager.
1904 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men vii. 98 Look here; you anti them [sc. missing sheep] up, at once.
1945 D. Wheatley Man who missed War i. 13 The income tax payer would have to ante-up quite a bit more in the pound.
2000 Time 6 Nov. 85/2 To make the program viable, states must ante up matching funds.
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anteadv.
/ˈanti/, /ˈanteɪ/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)i/, /ˈænˌteɪ/ In cross-references, esp. in legal texts: earlier in the same document; = supra adv. 1. Opposed to post adv.2
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adverb] > mentioned above or previously
herebefore805
abovelOE
overc1485
supra1616
ante1688
therein before1827
hereabove1892
1688 Bulstrode's Rep. (ed. 2) i. 92 (margin) Sackford Pla. against Philips Defendant in the Court of Exchequer..Ante 41. 1 Cr. 19.
1779 in T. Jefferson Papers (1950) II. 500 (note) Sec L1, Cnuti. 61. ‘husbrec’ in notes on Arson, ante.
1797 Tomlins's Law Dict. I. (at cited word) Chaplain,... The provisions in the temporal courts. 2 Bl. Rep. 968. See ante title Canon Law.
1834 R. Green Hist. Framlingham & Saxsted 180 See ante page seventeen, where the quantity is stated in neat measure.
1888 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 6 464/2 Mr. Hardy refers (ante, p. 422) to ‘an Act passed 1728’ as being 13 Geo. I., c. 28.
1905 C. E. Slocum Hist. Maumee River Basin xiii. 462 See engraving ante page 196.
1987 S. Calligan Points to Prove 94 Examples of common contraventions of statutory provisions are shown at point 6 ante.
2004 Internat. Legal Materials 43 1415 I join in full the Court's disposition of Alvarez's claim pursuant to 28 U. S. C. §1350. See ante, at 17-45.
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