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Oppose   /əpˈoʊz/   Listen
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.





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"Oppose" Quotes from Famous Books



... his practised duplicity had gained its end, and had openly shown himself in the library on that very day. I say nothing of the grief which this discovery caused me on Laura's account, for it is not to be expressed by any words of mine. I only refer to it at all, because it decided me to oppose her signing the parchment, whatever the consequences might be, unless she was first ...
— The Woman in White • Wilkie Collins
... insulting. This tone, which I always disliked, though I was fain to profit by it, invariably succeeded. It swept away all resistance; there was nothing in the then depressed and succumbing mind of the Mussulman that could oppose a zeal so ...
— Eothen • A. W. Kinglake
... national interest.... They were prepared to produce to the last ounce of their capacity to give to the nation and to humanity all the coal they required. If he thought that this scheme was intended to or would give the miners an advantage at the expense of the State he would oppose it."—Mr. BRACE, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 18th, 1920 • Various
... soaring to the skies, Intent "the topmost arch" of heaven to scale, When heeding naught that would oppose its rise, It breaks with fearless nerve the tempest-gale— And spreads its wings like a majestic sail, Full on the bosom of the raging blast, Thy spirit soar'd—but ah! too like us frail, When the same breeze which bore ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 565 - Vol. 20, No. 565., Saturday, September 8, 1832 • Various
... talent lack the spirit and the gall to defy the enemy on equal terms. But Wilde while possessing nobler faculties had an undeniable vein in him of sheer youthful insolence. To the impertinence of society he could oppose the impertinence of the artist, and to the effrontery of the world he could ...
— Suspended Judgments - Essays on Books and Sensations • John Cowper Powys


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