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English
Etymology
Middle English opposit, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”).
Adjective
opposit (not comparable)
- Archaic form of opposite.
1906, Egbert P. Watson, “XXV—Elementary Principles of Alternating Currents”, in The Engineer: With Which Is Incorporated Steam Engineer, volume 43 (Engineering), published 2011, page 680:… direction of the surface of the wire, and in the opposit direction at the axis.
1920, George Starr White, Think; Side Lights, What Others Say, Clinical Cases, Etc, Digitized edition, published 2007:If a person has lost one tooth, the tooth opposit is of no use in mastication ...
1931, Joseph Bowden, Elements of the Theory of Intergers, Digitized edition, published 2010, page 65:Since every primary number represents some integer (§ 160), every primary number has its opposit.
1996, David F. Task, quoting William Clark, 1804, The War with Spain in 1898 (Military History), U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 402:… passed the mouth of Papillion or Butter fly Creek 3 miles on the L. S. a large Sand bar opposit on that Side ...
Noun
opposit (plural opposits)
- Archaic form of opposite.
Verb
opposit (third-person singular simple present opposits, present participle oppositing, simple past and past participle opposited)
- to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, volume V, page 4131, opposit
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, volume XII, page 0902, opposit
Middle English
Alternative forms
Adjective
opposit
- contrary or opposed in location or direction; on the opposite side from
c. 1392, Equatorie of the Planets:
Noun
opposit (plural opposits)
- a position of 180˚ away
c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe: