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 a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries.
--Shak.
Agree with thine adversary quickly.
--Matt. v. 25.
It may be thought that to vindicate the permanency of
truth is to dispute without an adversary.
--Beattie.
The Adversary, The Satan, or the Devil.
Syn: Adversary, Enemy, Opponent, Antagonist.
Usage: 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.
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"The Adversary" is the 72nd episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the season finale of the third season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this episode, Captain Sisko ( Avery Brooks) and the Defiant crew must stop a Changeling infiltrator attempting to start a war between the Federation and one of its neighbors.
The Adversary is the debut solo album by Emperor frontman Ihsahn. Released on 10 April 2006, it is the first in a conceptual trilogy of albums including angL and After. It features a guest vocal appearance by Ulver's Garm. The album has been noted for its stylistic diversity, encompassing extreme metal as well as progressive and classic metal influences.
The Adversary is a 2002 French drama film directed by Nicole Garcia, starring Daniel Auteuil and Géraldine Pailhas.>
The Adversary may refer to:
- "The Adversary" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a 1995 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- The Adversary (album), the debut solo album of Emperor frontman Ihsahn
- The Adversary (Thy Art Is Murder album), the debut album by deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder.
- The Adversary (Fables)
- The Adversary, a French non-fiction book on the murders perpetuated by Jean-Claude Romand written by Emmanuel Carrère.
- The Adversary (film), a 2002 French drama film directed by Nicole Garcia based on Emmanuel Carrère's book of the same name.
- Pratidwandi, known internationally as The Adversary, a 1970 Indian Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray
- The Adversary, book four in " The Saga of the Exiles" by Julian May
- The Adversary is the original name for Satan, an evil figure appearing in the texts of the Abrahamic religions
The Adversary is the first full-length album by Australian deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder. The album was released on July 16, 2010 through Skull and Bone Records. It is the first release to feature vocalist Chris "CJ" McMahon and last release to feature guitarist Gary Markowski and bassist Mick Low. Guitarist Sean Delander will replace Mick Low on bass and Andy Marsh and Tom Brown joined as the new guitarists on the album Hate.
The Adversary is a French non-fiction book by Emmanuel Carrère first published in France as L'Adversaire in 2000 by Folio. The book was published in English in 2001 under the title The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception.
Carrère stated that his work was influenced by Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and he included himself in the narrative as a direct reaction to Capote excising himself from his own work despite his close relationship with the murderers he wrote about.
Usage examples of "the adversary".
And now daft Dougal blethering on about Asian and his noble sacrifice, and the Tanu on my High Table deciding it's Marc Remillard who's the Adversary that will set off the Nightfall War.
The signs and portents and the business about the Adversary, and all the rest of it.
Did she, Sondra, really want to open a door that might let monsters like the Adversary loose into the Solar System?
I wanted to handle this myself, friendly skies, but the more I thought about it the more impressed I became with the adversary powers I had encountered and the paucity of my knowledge concerning S.
It immediately suggests a spoof: one or more of the adversary's high-performance aircraft zoom out of the Caribbean, let's say, into US airspace, penetrating, let's say, a few hundred miles up the Mississippi River until a US air defence radar locks on.
Beiffror flew over the plain, and met the adversary more than halfway.
As we all know there is another problem, that of the man we sometimes call the dark man, or as Glen puts it, the Adversary.
The launch turned on its cable The tide was rising in the estuary, countering the sluggish flow of the Suwanee Soon the tarpon would leave their feeding in the gulf reefs and come up the nver again But Marc had lost interest in the btg fish now The frustration coming just at the brink of victory had left him tight-coiled and cheated of catharsis He had failed to master the adversary, and now it was gone To begin all over again was insupportable Gathen was outlining his scheme with cool reasonableness.