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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ante- \An"te-\ ([a^]n"t[-e]-). A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti', 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. 'anti' in that of opposite, or in the place of.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ante \An"te\, noun (Poker Playing) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ante \An"te\, verb (used with an object) & i. To put up (an ante). also {ante up}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ante
noun: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
verb: place one's stake
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "ante": ahead, ante up, back, beforehand, bet, bet on, book, call, chunk, cover, ere, fade, fore, forward, gamble, hand over, handbook, hazard, in advance, in advance of, lay, lay a wager, lay down, make a bet, meet a bet, parlay, pass, pay over, play, play against, plunge, pot, preceding, previous, prior to, punt, put down, put up, see, shot, stake, stand pat, to, wager
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