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Webster 1913 Edition

Adverse

Ad′verse

,
Adj.
[OE.
advers
, OF.
avers
,
advers
, fr. L.
adversus
, p. p.
advertere
to turn to. See
Advert
.]
1.
Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting;
as,
adverse
winds; an
adverse
party; a spirit
adverse
to distinctions of caste.
2.
Opposite.
“Calpe’s adverse height.”
Byron.
3.
In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful;
as,
adverse
fates,
adverse
circumstances, things
adverse
.
Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an
adverse
fortune.
Southey.
Adverse possession
(Law)
,
a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person.
Abbott.
Syn. – Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See
Averse
.

Ad-verse′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
adversari
: cf. OF.
averser
.]
To oppose; to resist.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adverse

AD'VERSE

,
Adj.
[L. adversus, opposite; of ad and versus, turned; from verto, to turn. See Advert. This word was formerly accented, by some authors, on the last syllable; but the accent is now settled on the first.]
1.
Opposite; opposing; acting in a contrary direction; conflicting; counteracting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party.
2.
Figuratively, opposing desire; contrary to the wishes, or to supposed good; hence, unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; pernicious, unprosperous; as, adverse fate or circumstances.

Definition 2024

adversé

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Spanish

Verb

adversé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of adversar.

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