transitive. To go against, act in opposition to, oppose; in past participle opposed (to).

intransitive. = to go against —— at phrasal verbs 2 (in various senses).

transitive. To speak or act against, oppose, resist; = gainsay, v. 3; occasionally to say (a thing) in opposition. Also, to disallow, forbid. Also a…

transitive. To go against, to oppose.

transitive. To oppose, resist, withstand. Also, to prevent; to ward off.

To act or operate in opposition to; to run counter to, to go against; to oppose, hinder. Also absol. Now rare.

intransitive. To run contrary to; to be or act in opposition to; to militate against. Also to go against nature: to run contrary to that which is…

transitive (figurative) To go counter to, to act or speak in opposition to, or so as to check; to oppose, encounter, contradict, controvert. Also a…

To fight, oppose, resist, or contend against; to disobey; to repel, reject, disavow, refute. transitive. With a person as object. Now rare.

transitive. To be opposed or adverse to. In later use chiefly in passive.

transitive. To go counter to, to cross; to put out of humour or temper; to irritate, anger, enrage, provoke. Scottish ? Obsolete.

To speak or act against, oppose, hinder.

intransitive. To take action; to proceed against a person or thing. Also transitive with adverbial noun phrase, in to move a step.

transitive. To act in opposition to; to cross, oppose; to hinder, thwart. Also (occasionally) intransitive.

to set one's face: to give a settled bearing or expression to the countenance. to put (also set) one's face against: to take up an attitude of…

transitive. To be or act in opposition to (a person or thing); to counter, oppose; to thwart, obstruct, impede. Also occasionally intransitive with ag…

transitive. To oppose, thwart.

intransitive. To oppose; to begin to dislike, often for no strong or obvious reason; = to take against —— at phrasal verbs 2.

To oppose, strive against, thwart.

intransitive. To oppose, side against.

transitive. To contend, fight, or argue against; to be antagonistic or hostile to; to resist or obstruct (a thing, person, action, etc.).

transitive. To oppose.

transitive. To meet, encounter, oppose.

Chiefly Law. transitive. To object to or resist by argument; to speak against. Also: spec. to object to on legal grounds; to contest the legality or…

figurative. To act or speak in opposition to; to cross, thwart; in Law = traverse, v. 1. Obsolete.

intransitive. to come up against. To oppose or confront, esp. in battle.

heave at (figurative): to meditate or threaten an attack upon; to take up a position of hostility to; to oppose; to aim at with hostile intent. Obs…

Opposed or unfavourable to; to the detriment of. Frequently in to be against (someone or something). Cf. for, prep. 7a, in favour of at favour, n. 6.

transitive. To go counter to, oppose, thwart; to contest, dispute. Also absol. Obsolete.

Phrases (all Obsolete). to go to shoulder with: to set about pushing. to lend a shoulder, to put under one's shoulder: to help to lift or carry…

to fly in(a person's) face: (originally, esp. of a dog) to spring at, attack (someone) in the face (also figurative); now rare. Hence to fly in the fa…

figurative. To thwart, oppose, go counter to.

intransitive. to cross with: to go counter to. Obsolete.

To go counter to or oppose the command of (a person or authority). Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To oppose, withstand; to bar.

transitive. To oppose; to be situated opposite or facing; to resist. rare.

(transitive and intransitive) to cross the path or way of; to thwart or oppose (a person).

transitive. To meet, encounter; to withstand, oppose. Obsolete.

To encounter, oppose, contest, strive against, resist (an action, etc.).

transitive. To oppose, resist.

transitive. To speak against or in opposition to; to oppose in speech; to forbid. a person, in his proposals, proceedings, etc.: To oppose.

To oppose; to view with aversion. Obsolete.

to set (one's) hand(s on: to lay hands upon, seize; esp. to lay violent hands upon, attack. Also to set one's hand against, to oppose. Obsolete.

transitive. To oppose. Cf. in tops with at top, n.1 23a. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. Of a thing: to conflict, be inconsistent with. Also, of speech, an action: to be directed against; to contradict. Obsolete.

intransitive. To oppose or hinder; to be at odds or at variance with. Obsolete.

transitive. To act in opposition to, perversely oppose.

to cross upon (or on): (a) to oppose, go counter to; (b) to come across, come upon. Obsolete.

To run counter to, to oppose. Obsolete. rare.

To strike in conflict, to attack with clashing or violence. (Cf. dash, v. 1a.) transitive.

transitive. To oppose, reverse. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To hold out; to present or proffer in opposition to; to oppose.

To act against, in opposition to, or contrary to; to oppose. Obsolete.

transitive. = oppugn, v.

transitive. To act against, counteract. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To oppose or argue against (a person); to deny, refute, or contradict the claim or assertion of (a person).

intransitive. To act in opposition to some force, pressure, or tendency; to respond with hostility or a contrary course of action against something.

To move in a direction opposed to.

= oppose, v.