adversor

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From adversus (set opposite; turned toward), perfect passive participle of advertō (turn toward), from ad- +‎ vertō (turn).

Pronunciation

Verb

adversor (present infinitive adversārī, perfect active adversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose; withstand
    Synonyms: obversor, contrādīcō, oppōnō, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, recūsō, officiō, dīvertō, resistō, subsistō, vetō, obstō
    Antonyms: adiuvō, cōnfirmō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: adversar

References

  • adversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adversor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)