Definition of "oppose"

oppose

/əˈpəʊz/

verb
third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed
1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
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  I am […] too weak / To oppose your cunning.
  1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iv]
2. To object to.
3. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
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  I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
  1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […]
  [T]hree walls had been left standing, with large intervals between each; and they would certainly oppose a most formidable interruption to an invader.
  1839, Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug
4. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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  Her grace sat down […] / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.
  1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]

Definition of "oppose"

oppose

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