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adversary
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks . Adversary may also refer to: Satan ("adversary" in Hebrew), in Judeo-Christian religion
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An opponent or rival.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., aduersere , from Anglo-French adverser (13c.), Old French adversaire "adversary, opponent, enemy," or directly from Latin adversarius "opponent, adversary, rival," noun use of adjective meaning "opposite, hostile, contrary," literally "turned ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ Again, the atmosphere is friendly with everyone recounting the day's activities whilst making new friends and meeting old adversaries . ▪ The two old adversaries , now both in their early sixties, have never ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who offers opposition [syn: antagonist , opponent , opposer , resister ] [ant: agonist ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adversary \Ad`ver*sa*ry\, 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 ...
Usage examples of adversary.
Serpent, Adad is my chosen adversary, the first major step in my rise to power.
Not Jove: while yet his frown shook Heaven ay, when His adversary from adamantine chains Cursed him, he trembled like a slave.
Special Forces units trained in Aggressor tactics playing the role of the adversary.
He dwelt unnecessarily, I thought, on my prior loss to Makato and on the bout I had won by forfeit because Makato had incapacitated my Aikido adversary.
Meliboeus of might, of power, of riches, and of friends, despising the power of his adversaries: and said utterly, that he anon should wreak him on his foes, and begin war.
Her immediate adversary, the one she had called Ashe, closed quickly, directly in front of her.
He bravely endured her taunts, courageously defeated all her adversaries, and finally won her admiration and respect to such a degree that she bade him ride beside her, and humbly asked his pardon for having so grievously misjudged him.
The inconsiderate boaster was guilty of a double mistake for which he paid the penalty of his life, but his adversary was as much wanting in delicacy, for in such matters rightly-minded men do not venture upon betting.
Having delivered this home thrust Hans bolted round a corner and disappeared, while I waited trembling to see what happened to his adversary.
His left Colt bucked and the adversary jerked backwards onto the grass.
As for Wilkes himself, he was nothing daunted by it, for after indulging in many witticisms at the expense of his adversaries, he declared that he would stand again for Middlesex, and expressed his conviction that he should be returned.
The adversaries of the Deists enjoyed the same privilege, and did not hesitate to improve it.
If Lauren did not possess the sodopathic skills necessary to befuddle Demain Jones, Adrienne was an entirely different breed of adversary.
If Lauren did not possess the sociopathic skills necessary to befuddle Demain Jones, Adrienne was an entirely different breed of adversary.
The suspicion, however, did exist among those who like to ignore the obvious and magnify the remote, and throughout the negotiations the hand of Great Britain was weakened, as her adversary had doubtless calculated that it would be, by an earnest but fussy and faddy minority.