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  • English Word Opposer Definition One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.
  • English Word Opposing Definition of Oppose
  • English Word Opposite Definition Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
  • English Word Opposite Definition Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.
  • English Word Opposite Definition Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
  • English Word Opposite Definition Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.
  • English Word Opposite Definition Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.
  • English Word Opposite Definition One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
  • English Word Opposite Definition That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.
  • English Word Oppositely Definition In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely.
  • English Word Oppositeness Definition The quality or state of being opposite.
  • English Word Oppositifolious Definition Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • English Word Opposition Definition The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
  • English Word Opposition Definition The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
  • English Word Opposition Definition Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
  • English Word Opposition Definition That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
  • English Word Opposition Definition The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
  • English Word Opposition Definition The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
  • English Word Oppositionist Definition One who belongs to the opposition party.
  • English Word Oppositipetalous Definition Placed in front of a petal.
  • English Word Oppositisepalous Definition Placed in front of a sepal.
  • English Word Oppositive Definition Capable of being put in opposition.
  • English Word Oppress Definition To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
  • English Word Oppress Definition To ravish; to violate.
  • English Word Oppress Definition To put down; to crush out; to suppress.
  • English Word Oppress Definition To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.
  • English Word Oppressed Definition of Oppress
  • English Word Oppressing Definition of Oppress
  • English Word Oppression Definition The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
  • English Word Oppression Definition That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.