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To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

One who opposes all government. [R.]

Opposed to all human government. [R.]

Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.

Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Opposed to the bacterial theory of disease.

Opposed to the Christian religion.

another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

Opposed to citizenship.

Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.

Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous. Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.

Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] South.

One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic, a.

A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison.

Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.

Opposed to the pope or to popery. Milton.