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Definition of adversary
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Adversary
(a.)
Opposed;
opposite;
adverse;
antagonistic.
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Archenemy
::
Archenemy
(n.) A
principal
enemy.
Specifically,
Satan,
the grand
adversary
of
mankind..
Check
::
Check (n.) A word of
warning
denoting
that the king is in
danger;
such a
menace
of a
player's
king by an
adversary's
move as
would,
if it were any other
piece,
expose
it to
immediate
capture.
A king so
menaced
is said to be in
check,
and must be made safe at the next
move..
Occurrent
::
Occurrent
(n.) One who
meets;
hence,
an
adversary..
Morne
::
Morne (n.) A ring
fitted
upon the head of a lance to
prevent
wounding
an
adversary
in
tilting.
Misericordia
::
Misericordia
(n.) A
thin-bladed
dagger;
so
called,
in the
Middle
Ages,
because
used to give the death wound or mercy
stroke
to a
fallen
adversary..
Antagonist
::
Antagonist
(n.) One who
contends
with
another,
especially
in
combat;
an
adversary;
an
opponent..
Opponent
::
Opponent
(n.) One who
opposes;
an
adversary;
an
antagonist;
a foe.
Antistrophe
::
Antistrophe
(n.) The
retort
or
turning
of an
adversary's
plea
against
him.
Adversary
::
Adversary
(a.)
Opposed;
opposite;
adverse;
antagonistic.
Paraleipsis
::
Paraleipsis
(n.) A
pretended
or
apparent
omission;
a
figure
by which a
speaker
artfully
pretends
to pass by what he
really
mentions;
as, for
example,
if an
orator
should
say, I do not speak of my
adversary's
scandalous
venality
and
rapacity,
his
brutal
conduct,
his
treachery
and
malice..
Clutch
::
Clutch
(n.) The
hands,
claws,
or
talons,
in the act of
grasping
firmly;
-- often
figuratively,
for
power,
rapacity,
or
cruelty;
as, to fall into the
clutches
of an
adversary..
Stiff
::
Stiff
(superl.)
Not
easily
subdued;
unyielding;
stubborn;
obstinate;
pertinacious;
as, a stiff
adversary..
Pique
::
Pique (n.) In
piquet,
the right of the elder hand to count
thirty
in hand, or to play
before
the
adversary
counts
one..
Pass
::
Pass (v. i.) A
thrust
or push; an
attempt
to stab or
strike
an
adversary.
Caveating
::
Caveating
(n.)
Shifting
the sword from one side of an
adversary's
sword to the
other.
Schesis
::
Schesis
(n.) A
figure
of
speech
whereby
the
mental
habitude
of an
adversary
or
opponent
is
feigned
for the
purpose
of
arguing
against
him.
Dismount
::
Dismount
(v. t.) To throw or
remove
from a
horse;
to
unhorse;
as, the
soldier
dismounted
his
adversary..
Main-gauche
::
Main-gauche
(n.) The
dagger
held in the left hand, while the
rapier
is held in the
right;
-- used to parry
thrusts
of the
adversary's
rapier..
Paromology
::
Paromology
(n.) A
concession
to an
adversary
in order to
strengthen
one's own
argument.
Check
::
Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an
adversary's
piece,
esp. his king, in
check;
to put in
check..
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