rare. [suggested by postscript.] A note written in front or on the top of a letter, etc.; a prefatory note; also, The whole of a letter before the postscript.
1831. Knox & Jebb, Corr., II. 593. He has added an Antescript, which will indemnify you for the meagreness of this [letter].
1844. Mrs. Browning, Lett., II. 164. There is a postscript scarcely proportionate to the antescript.
