Definition of adversary

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Adversary (a.) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit..

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Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..
Hip :: Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
Antanagoge :: Antanagoge (n.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Adversary :: Adversary (n.) One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary..
Hit :: Hit (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
Adversary :: Adversary (a.) Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.
Sidewinder :: Sidewinder (n.) A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
Occurrent :: Occurrent (n.) One who meets; hence, an adversary..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..
Archenemy :: Archenemy (n.) A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind..
Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary..
Foe :: Foe (n.) One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion..
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