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Abutment :: Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presse.

Repugn :: Repugn (v. t.) To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

Politics :: Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals..

Para- :: Para- () A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism..

Appulsion :: Appulsion (n.) A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Aguilt :: Aguilt (v. t.) To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong.

Force :: Force (n.) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.

Recline :: Recline (v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall..

Odds :: Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability..

Splintery :: Splinterproof (a.) Proof against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells..

Opposite :: Opposite (a.) Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange..

Renitent :: Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

Precaution :: Precaution (v. t.) To take precaution against.

Overrule :: Overrule (v. t.) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court..

Bloody Hand :: Bloody hand () A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison..

Knock :: Knock (v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another..

Ftiction :: Ftiction (n.) The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so..

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