Definition of against

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Against (prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.

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Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against..
Safety :: Safety (n.) Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc..
Premunition :: Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
Platen :: Platen (n.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
Object :: Object (v. t.) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Implead :: Implead (v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach..
Caution :: Caution (n.) Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
Ware :: Ware (v. t.) To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
"""jockey " :: "Jockey (v. t.) "" To jostle by riding against one."".
Warn :: Warn (v. t.) To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious..
Abhor :: Abhor (v. t.) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Push :: Push (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw..
With :: With (prep.) To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.
Affriction :: Affriction (n.) The act of rubbing against.
Upstream :: Upstream (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..
Dehortation :: Dehortation (n.) Dissuasion; advice against something.
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