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verb

Oppose v. t. (past & past part. opposed; pres. part. opposing)

1.

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. "Her grace sat down... In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people."

2.

To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically. "I may... oppose my single opinion to his."

3.

To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.

4.

To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize. "I am... too weak To oppose your cunning."

Synonyms: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn; contravene; check; obstruct.

Oppose v. i.

1.

To be set opposite.

2.

To act adversely or in opposition; with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act. (Obs.)

3.

To make objection or opposition in controversy.

adjective

opposing, opposed adj.

1.

Characterized by active opposition; as, two bitterly opposing schools of thought.

Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, opponent.

2.

Acting in opposition to; as, the opposing sector of the same muscle group.

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Etymology of 'Opposing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Opposing" Quotes from Famous Books

... political and editorial writing to my other work, and also records of travel. I was quite likely to begin the day with an article opposing capital punishment, spend the noon hours in the Rocky Mountains, and finish off with a ...

— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton

... for any others who may need their assistance against the injustice of any and all other men, without regard to their numbers; and majorities have no right to do any more than this. The relative numbers of the opposing parties have nothing to do with the question of right. And no more tyrannical principle was ever avowed, than that the will of the majority ought to have the force of law, without regard to its justice; or, what is the same thing, that the will of the ...

— An Essay on the Trial By Jury • Lysander Spooner

... were called Publihoratii and the Albanian Curiatii. These they set into battle over against one another, paying no heed to their relationship. So they, having armed themselves and having arrayed themselves in opposing files in the vacant space between the camps, called upon the same family gods and cast repeated glances upward at the sun. Having joined issue they fought now in groups, now in pairs. Finally, when two of the Romans had fallen and all of the Albanians had been wounded, the remaining Horatius, because ...

— Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) • Cassius Dio

... if death were there, on the other. It might have been. The door opened, letting out a flood of lamp-light and firelight which blindly showed the sides of the coach and the near pole horse and threw the coach lamps and the rest into the outer darkness of the opposing bush. ...

— The Rising of the Court • Henry Lawson

... confinement, he wrote the "Esquisse d'un Tableau Historique des Progres de l'Esprit Humain," and several other fragmentary essays. In this work he lays down a scheme of society similar to the "New Moral World," of Robert Owen. Opposing the idea of a God, he shows the dominion of science in education, political economy, chemistry, and applies mathematical principles to a series of moral problems. Along with the progress of man he combined the progress of arts—estimating the sanatory arrangements ...

— 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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