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Ram :: Ram (v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc..

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..

Colluctancy :: Colluctancy (n.) A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend..

Anthelmintic :: Anthelmintic (a.) Good against intestinal worms.

Rail :: Rail (v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on..

Mala :: Mala (n.) Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.

Elicit :: Elicit (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion..

Reconvention :: Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..

Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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

Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..

Theomachist :: Theomachist (n.) One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.

Transgress :: Transgress (v. t.) To offend against; to vex.

Antepileptic :: Antepileptic (a.) Good against epilepsy.

Camp :: Camp (n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.

Trespass :: Trespass (v. i.) To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against..

Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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