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face in defiance; to confront; as, to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]

Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252- 1284). Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. Keble.

on of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; --opposed to Hunker. [Political Cant, U. S.]

In a belligerent manner; hostilely.

rmerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.

To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. Totten.

The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake.

marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [U.S.] Farrow.

which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer. And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death. Shak.

rching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. Chained behind the hostile car. Prior.

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

bodies. It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air. Bacon.

A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.