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To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him. Fuller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]

One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose

Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.

on; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert to the distinction. Owen.

A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for use against aircraft.

A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration. A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence.

The act of rubbing against. [Obs.]

In collision; entangled. Totten. To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.

Anew; again; once more; newly. They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6.

ecedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Matt. xxvi. 32.

See Again. [Obs.]

A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes.

sa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]

To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong. [Obs.] Chaucer.

pon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).

A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.

nd to give warning. "We have had an alert." Farrow. On the alert, on the lookout or watch against attack or danger; ready to act.

An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.