n. The doctrine of antitheists. -- An`ti*the*is"tic a. [1913 Webster]

n. A disbeliever in the existence of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antitheses. /plu> [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to set against, to oppose; 'anti` against + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. (Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, “The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.” “He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Opposition; contrast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antitheton, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, antithetic. ] An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way antithesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to place upon. See Epithet. ] (Arch.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ] A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. stīð. ] Strong; stiff; rigid. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. steði an anvil, akin to staðr place. See Stead. ] An anvil; a stithy. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He invented also pincers, hammers, iron crows, and the anvil, or stith. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stith, and cf. Stiddy. ] 1. An anvil. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. “As foul as Vulcan's stithy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To forge on an anvil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The forge that stithied Mars his helm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Tight, a. ] Tight; nimble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó&unr_;a the tenth; akin to tién, t&unr_;n, tēn, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind. ] 1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. Neh. xiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. --
Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc. --
Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. --
Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [ Eng. ] Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tenth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tithed p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing. ] [ As. teó&unr_;ian. ] To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. Tp pay tithes. [ R. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who collects tithes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who pays tithes. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. teó&unr_;ung. ] 1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take tithing of their blood and sweat. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tithingmen 1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Tith. ] Tightly; nimbly. [ Obs. ] “I have seen him trip it tithly.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Tithonius belonging to Tithonus, the consort of Aurora, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Physics) The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tithonic + -graph + -ic. ] Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tithonic + -meter. ] An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike sap, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. tithymale. ] (Bot.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not subjected tithes. [ 1913 Webster ]