Definition of oppose

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Oppose (v. i.) To make objection or opposition in controversy.

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Forwards :: Forwards (adv.) Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
Rash :: Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander..
Ben :: Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment..
Professionalism :: Professionalism (n.) The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to amateurism..
Viviparous :: Viviparous (a.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous..
Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion..
Analogy :: Analogy (n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly..
Ventral :: Ventral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
Polygamous :: Polygamous (a.) Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamous..
Neural :: Neural (a.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal..
Heterogenesis :: Heterogenesis (n.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis..
Endoparasite :: Endoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoon..
Exogenous :: Exogenous (a.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous.
Antipapal :: Antipapal (a.) Opposed to the pope or to popery.
Simple :: Simple (a.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound..
Overthwart :: Overthwart (v. t.) To cross; to oppose.
Oppugner :: Oppugner (n.) One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.
Party :: Party (v.) A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy..
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