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Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..

Stand :: Stand (n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition..

Rival :: Rival (v. t.) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love..

Repel :: Repel (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Go :: Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come..

Deal :: Deal (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with..

Romanticism :: Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style..

Object :: Object (a.) Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed..

Ad Valorem :: Ad valorem () A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties..

Contravention :: Contravention (n.) The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.

Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

Hygroplasm :: Hygroplasm (n.) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion. The latter is supposed to be partly nutritive and partly composed of idioplasm..

Disputation :: Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument..

Adversity :: Adversity (n.) Opposition; contrariety.

Antithesis :: Antithesis (n.) Opposition; contrast.

Conservatism :: Conservatism (n.) The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative..

Counterview :: Counterview (n.) A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

Match :: Match (v. t.) To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal..

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