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nst; 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.

Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about. To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish. -- To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come. -- To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. "Shall…

Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.

A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters. […

Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [Archaic] Bp. King.

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

Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.

Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia.

l relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale.

On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

-- Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate angles. -- Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation.

p. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. Gilpin.