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a. Hostile. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [ Archaic ] Bp. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Adversaries [ OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

It may be thought that to vindicate the permanency of truth is to dispute without an adversary. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Adversary, The Satan, or the Devil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adversary, Enemy, Opponent, Antagonist. Enemy is the only one of these words which necessarily implies a state of personal hostility. Men may be adversaries, antagonists, or opponents to each other in certain respects, and yet have no feelings of general animosity. An adversary may be simply one who is placed for a time in a hostile position, as in a lawsuit, an argument, in chess playing, or at fence. An opponent is one who is ranged against another (perhaps passively) on the opposing side; as a political opponent, an opponent in debate. An antagonist is one who struggles against another with active effort, either in a literal fight or in verbal debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adversativus, fr. adversari. ] Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. An adversative word. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. advers, OF. avers, advers, fr. L. adversus, p. p. advertere to turn to. See Advert. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Opposite. “Calpe's adverse height.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See Averse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adversari: cf. OF. averser. ] To oppose; to resist. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being adverse; opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. adversus opposite + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adversio ] A turning towards; attention. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Adversities [ OE. adversite, F. adversité, fr. L. adversitas. ] 1. Opposition; contrariety. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. (Psychol.) intermediate between introversive and extroversive. Contrasted to introversive and extroversive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert. ] 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Monition; warning. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [ Archaic ] “Divine animadversions.” Wesley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [ Archaic ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Annually. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire. ] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. --
Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [ Eastern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anniversaries [ Cf. F. anniversaire. ] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anni versus the turning of a year. ] Anniversary. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ante- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. ] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aversatio, fr. aversari to turn away, v. intens. of avertere. See Avert. ] A turning from with dislike; aversion. [ Obs.or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some men have a natural aversation to some vices or virtues, and a natural affection to others. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aversus, p. p. of avertere. See Avert. ] 1. Turned away or backward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The tracks averse a lying notice gave,
And led the searcher backward from the cave. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Averse alike to flatter, or offend. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The prevailing usage now is to employ to after averse and its derivatives rather than from, as was formerly the usage. In this the word is in agreement with its kindred terms, hatred, dislike, dissimilar, contrary, repugnant, etc., expressing a relation or an affection of the mind to an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Averse, Reluctant, Adverse. Averse expresses an habitual, though not of necessity a very strong, dislike; as, averse to active pursuits; averse to study. Reluctant, a term of the of the will, implies an internal struggle as to making some sacrifice of interest or feeling; as, reluctant to yield; reluctant to make the necessary arrangements; a reluctant will or consent. Adverse denotes active opposition or hostility; as, adverse interests; adverse feelings, plans, or movements; the adverse party. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To turn away. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert. ] 1. A turning away. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is now generally followed by to before the object. [ See Averse. ] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. [ 1913 Webster ]

A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

His aversion towards the house of York. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The object of dislike or repugnance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to aversion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. exhibiting avoidance or causing avoidance. aversive conditioning aversive behavior [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A controversy (1886 -- 93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of the fur seal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow. ] Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G.; bund confederacy + versammlung assembly. ] See Legislature, Switzerland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Cleave to stick. ] (Bot.) A species of Galium (Galium Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cleavers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Turning or looking opposite ways. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Controversial. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Controversial. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. controverse. ] Controversy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. controversari, fr. controversus turned against, disputed. ] To dispute; to controvert. [ Obs. ] “Controversed causes.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disputant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. controversialis. ] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

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Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Johnson ] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a controversial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of controverting; controversy. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A controverser. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Controversies /plu>. [ L. controversia, fr. controversus turned against, disputed; contro- = contra + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] 1. Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

This left no room for controversy about the title. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jer. xxv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A suit in law or equity; a question of right. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment. 2 Sam. xv. 2.

Syn. -- Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. conversable. ] Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

While young, humane, conversable, and kind. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability. [ 1913 Webster ]