† oppositv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To oppose; to be situated opposite or facing; to resist. rare.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
1600 J. Norden Vicissitudo Rerum sig. E2v The limites that do bound the world about, Are South, and North, East, and West opposited.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 607 To think they were separated from the Church for oppositing those more rigorous pretences.
2. intransitive. To posit something in contradiction.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [verb (transitive)] > affirm > deny or contradict
sublate1852
opposit1881
1881 R. Adamson Fichte 159 If there is to be op-positing at all, that which is opposed to A can only be Not-A... It only becomes plain from much later developments of the system, what is the precise nature of the act of oppositing or negating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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