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adversant

UK/ədˈvəː.sənt/US/ədˈvɚ.sənt/

adversant adjective: opposed; adverse.

Adjective

adversant (comparative more adversant, superlative most adversant)

  1. (obsolete) Opposed; adverse.
    • […] wherefore our Saviours adviſe to Martha, rightly limited or interpreted, is no way adverſant to my intended choyce.1625, Thomas Jackson, “Of tranforming the mord of God into the ſimilitude of our private or corrupt ſenſes” (chapter XLV), in A Treatise Containing the Originall of Vnbeliefe,Miſbeliefe,or...
    • Item, If the party Adverſant,or Defendant can ſhew before the Commiſſioners Good cauſe of exception,either againſt the witneſſes produced by the complainant,or any of them or againſt the Commiſſioners themſelves , or otherwiſe,then they ſhall ceaſe and forbear any farther execution of the...1649, William Tothill, editor, The Transactions of the High Court of Chancery, London: […] T. W. for R. Beſt and J. Flace, page 25

Forms of adversant

comparativemore adversant
superlativemost adversant

Origin of adversant

From Latin adversus + -ant.

Questions about adversant

What does adversant mean?
Adversant means opposed; adverse.
What part of speech is adversant?
Adversant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce adversant?
Adversant is pronounced /ədˈvəː.sənt/ (UK).

Words near adversant in the dictionary

  1. advergames
  2. advergaming
  3. advergence
  4. advermation
  5. Adversane
  6. adversant
  7. adversaria
  8. adversarial
  9. adversarial collaboration
  10. adversarial collaborations
  11. adversarial stylometry

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