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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.

Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.

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.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

nsations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

oduce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

The act of dashing against, or striking upon. The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

t, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

y excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

hematization. [Obs.] We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.

To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.