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Definition of adversary
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of adversary is as below...
Adversary
(a.)
Having
an
opposing
party;
not
unopposed;
as, an
adversary
suit..
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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.
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..
Opposer
::
Opposer
(n.) One who
opposes;
an
opponent;
an
antagonist;
an
adversary.
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..
Pique
::
Pique (n.) In
piquet,
the right of the elder hand to count
thirty
in hand, or to play
before
the
adversary
counts
one..
Opponent
::
Opponent
(n.) One who
opposes;
an
adversary;
an
antagonist;
a foe.
Lurch
::
Lurch (n.) A
double
score in
cribbage
for the
winner
when his
adversary
has been left in the
lurch.
Sidewinder
::
Sidewinder
(n.) A heavy
swinging
blow from the side, which
disables
an
adversary..
Morne
::
Morne (n.) A ring
fitted
upon the head of a lance to
prevent
wounding
an
adversary
in
tilting.
Antagonist
::
Antagonist
(n.) One who
contends
with
another,
especially
in
combat;
an
adversary;
an
opponent..
Antanagoge
::
Antanagoge
(n.) A
figure
which
consists
in
answering
the
charge
of an
adversary,
by a
counter
charge..
Inversion
::
Inversion
(n.) A
method
of
reasoning
in which the
orator
shows that
arguments
advanced
by his
adversary
in
opposition
to him are
really
favorable
to his
cause.
Satan
::
Satan (n.) The grand
adversary
of man; the
Devil,
or
Prince
of
darkness;
the chief of the
fallen
angels;
the
archfiend..
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..
Hip
::
Hip (v. t.) To throw
(one's
adversary)
over one's hip in
wrestling
(technically
called
cross
buttock).
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..
Force
::
Force (n.) To
compel
(an
adversary
or
partner)
to trump a trick by
leading
a suit of which he has none.
Bilk
::
Bilk (n.) A
thwarting
an
adversary
in
cribbage
by
spoiling
his
score;
a balk.
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..
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.
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