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adjective

Adverse adj.

Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

Opposite. "Calpe's adverse height."

In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. "Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune."

Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person.

Synonyms: Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See Averse.

verb

Adverse v. t. To oppose; to resist. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Adverse'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... enjoyed a reputation for aphrodisiac qualities, as is set forth in Gerarde's Herbal and other authorities. Perhaps the choice of the plant for use in this form of project is due to some lingering tradition of its potency, or it may be simply because of its great vitality and power of growing under adverse conditions. ...

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... preponderating in her mind is the poetical element—that she cares much for my poetry! How deep in the knowledge of the depths of vanity must Mrs. J. be, to tell me that—now mustn't she? But there was—yes, and is—a strong adverse feeling to work upon, and it is not ...

— The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) • Frederic G. Kenyon

... her maturer years. On the birth of the princess Joanna, she was removed, together with her brother Alfonso, by Henry to the royal palace, in order more effectually to discourage the formation of any faction adverse to the interests of his supposed daughter. In this abode of pleasure, surrounded by all the seductions most dazzling to youth, she did not forget the early lessons that she had imbibed; and the ...

— History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V1 • William H. Prescott

... is getting ossified. You have but to open any critical paper to see how common is the disease, but a knowledge of literary history assures us that it has always been the same, and that if the young writer is discouraged by adverse comparisons it has been the common lot from the beginning. He has but one resource, which is to pay no heed to criticism, but to try to satisfy his own highest standard and leave the rest to time and the public. Here is a little ...

— Through the Magic Door • Arthur Conan Doyle

... mollusks or radiates, until the vertebrate historian comes with his generalizing ideas, his beliefs, his prejudices, his idiosyncrasies of all kinds, and brings the facts into a more or less imperfect, but still organic series of relations. The history which is not open to adverse criticism is worth little, except as material, for it is written without taking cognizance of those higher facts about which men must differ; of which Guizot writes as follows, as quoted in the work of M. ...

— Memoir of John Lothrop Motley, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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