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Latin
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
- 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
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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)