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Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..

Foe :: Foe (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion..

Hit :: Hit (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

Retiarius :: Retiarius (n.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check..

Morne :: Morne (n.) A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.

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.

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..

Archenemy :: Archenemy (n.) A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind..

Quarte :: Quarte (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast..

Satan :: Satan (n.) The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend..

Adversary :: Adversary (a.) Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.

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.

Enemy :: Enemy (n.) One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood..

Subtiliate :: Subtile (a.) Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme..

Paromology :: Paromology (n.) A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.

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