ante
noun
a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
anteed
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past participleof ante.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ante.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
antenouna fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
Example Sentences
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And we anteed up a hundred In the hands of Deacon Kedge For to be divided the follerin' Fo'th 'Mongst the boys that kep' the pledge.
From Poems by John Hay
"And did the man lose his horses entirely?" asked Flood, who had anteed up his last bean and joined us.
From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams
