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t; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.

In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May.

The quality or state of being opposite.

same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.

; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. Milton.

One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.

Placed in front of a petal.

Placed in front of a sepal.

Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.

To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvæ of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray.

To postpone. [Obs.] Feltham.

The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. "The postposition of the nominative case to the verb." Mede.

Of or pertaining to postposition.

Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter. -- Post*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

s inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.] He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan.

Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition. Early. -- Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly, adv.