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opponed

opponed is the simple past and past participle of oppone.

Meaning of oppone

Verb

oppone (third-person singular simple present oppones, present participle opponing, simple past and past participle opponed)

  1. (obsolete) To oppose.
    • Out of his Indies: what can you not do,
      Against lords spiritual, or temporal,
      That shall oppone you?1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet...

Questions about opponed

What is opponed the simple past and past participle of?
Opponed is the simple past and past participle of oppone.

Words near opponed in the dictionary

  1. oppo
  2. oppo research
  3. oppo taco
  4. oppoes
  5. oppone
  6. opponed
  7. opponencies
  8. opponency
  9. opponens
  10. opponent
  11. opponents

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