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Adverse
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(1):
(a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
(2):
(a.) Opposite.
(3):
(a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
(4):
(v. t.) To oppose; to resist.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adverse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/web/a/adverse.html. 1828.