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verb

Oppose v. t. (past & past part. opposed; pres. part. opposing)

1.

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. "Her grace sat down... In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people."

2.

To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically. "I may... oppose my single opinion to his."

3.

To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.

4.

To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize. "I am... too weak To oppose your cunning."

Synonyms: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn; contravene; check; obstruct.

Oppose v. i.

1.

To be set opposite.

2.

To act adversely or in opposition; with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act. (Obs.)

3.

To make objection or opposition in controversy.

adjective

opposing, opposed adj.

1.

Characterized by active opposition; as, two bitterly opposing schools of thought.

Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, opponent.

2.

Acting in opposition to; as, the opposing sector of the same muscle group.

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Etymology of 'Opposing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Opposing" Quotes from Famous Books

... it sought the bottom. The effect of this was destroyed in part by the knowledge that this beautiful archipelago was the abode of a cruel and barbarous race of pirates. Towards sunset we had nearly reached the bay of Soung, when we were met by the opposing tide, which frustrated all our endeavors to reach it, and I was compelled to anchor, lest we should ...

— The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes • Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas. Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow.

... that concerned Bessie she was absolutely feeble. Bessie was victor always, not by reason of superior strength but through fractiousness, through stubbornness, through a hysterical determination to talk the opposing voices down, through her habit of crying like a baby when ...

— Mrs. Day's Daughters • Mary E. Mann

... which she now seldom spoke, and which with him was never a cherished idea, and those dreams of restored and splendid fortunes which his sanguine temperament still whispered him, in spite of hope so long deferred and expectations so often baulked, might yet be realized. And sometimes between these opposing visions, there rose a third and more practical, though less picturesque result, the idea of her marriage. And with whom? It was impossible that one so rarely gifted and educated with so much daintiness, could ever make a wife of the people. Hatton offered ...

— Sybil - or the Two Nations • Benjamin Disraeli

... him the terror of the pettifogger. Once, while giving expert testimony in a case involving a wound made by bird-shot delivered at short range, he described the behavior of projectiles, and the danger of bullet wounds. The opposing counsel interrupted him: "Do you mean to say," said the lawyer, "do you mean to say, Dr. Dudley, that shot wounds are as dangerous as bullet wounds?" "Shot are but little bullets," was ...

— Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky - A Sketch • David W. Yandell

... yes love, is particularly and eternally the magical god who, according to Feuerbach, surmounts all the difficulties of practical life and that in a society which is divided into classes with diametrically opposing interests. The last remnant of its revolutionary character is thus taken from his philosophy, and there remains the old cant—"love one another"—fall into each other's arms without regard to any impediment of sex ...

— Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy • Frederick Engels

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