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Oppose

verb

(past & past part. opposed; pres. part. opposing)

Be against; express opposition to.

Fight against or resist strongly. Synonyms: defend, fight, fight back, fight down. "Don't fight it!"

Contrast with equal weight or force. Synonym: counterbalance.

Set into opposition or rivalry. Synonyms: match, pit, play off. "Pit a chess player against the Russian champion" , "He plays his two children off against each other"

Act against or in opposition to. Synonym: react.

Be resistant to. Synonyms: contradict, controvert.

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"Oppose" Quotes from Famous Books

... Buckingham is taken and put to death; but Richmond's forces gather head. Richard leads his army to oppose them. The armies front each other at Bosworth Field near Leicester. The night before the battle the ghosts of the many slain during the progress of the Wars of the Roses menace Richard and promise victory to Richmond. In the battle that follows Richard is slain. Richmond takes oath to ...

— William Shakespeare • John Masefield

... might not the roots of the conspiracy stretch themselves in that time? The Afghans in their distracted state might furnish sympathisers; we should be invited to interfere in their internal affairs, in order to oppose those among them who were abetting our Mohammedan adversaries; in short, there is no end to the complications in which this postponement of active operations might involve us. Everything is more or less uncertain in such affairs; but in the absence ...

— Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin • James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

... This minister was indebted to the Cardinal for the office which he held; and even while Richelieu was plotting the ruin of his own benefactress, he could not brook that a man whom he had himself raised to power should dare to oppose his will, or to succeed him in the good graces of the Queen-mother. He had, moreover, ascertained that Marillac, who had, in the first instance, attached himself to Marie de Medicis at the suggestion of his brother the Marechal, ...

— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe

... two sat in silence facing each other, the Queen confident, vital, fully roused to the expression of her will; Bernard, on the other hand, as fully determined to oppose her with all the fervent conviction which he brought to every ...

— Via Crucis • F. Marion Crawford

... the single exception of Hobbes, was so attacked during his life as Collins. Toland and Woolston were persecuted and driven into prison and poverty; but Collins, with his profusion of wealth, could oppose Christianity with applause—mingle in the gaiety of the Court—occupy a seat on the magisterial bench—be the welcome guest of the most liberal of the aristocracy, contemporary with others who even languished in prison for the propagation of similar sentiments. ...

— Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers - Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With - The Freethinkers." • Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts

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