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Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.

exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny Matt. xx. 13.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge.

The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.

ck upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp. Without attempting his adversary's life. Motley.

A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

To cause to blunder. [Obs.] "To blunder an adversary." Ditton.

llage. Milton. To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

arrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. Chase gun (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. -- Chase port (Naut.), a…

rd of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.

To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet.

oidance (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. Mozley & W. Confession of faith, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. -- General confession, the confession of sins ma…

To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

tile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44. The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is const…

Admission into service; service. Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment. Shak.