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† adˈversant, ppl. a. Obs.
[a. MFr. adversant, pr. pple. of adverser, averser to oppose:—L. adversant-em, pr. pple. of adversā-ri to oppose oneself to, f. adversus opposed: see adverse.]
Opposing oneself, opposing; adverse, hostile (to).
a1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 553 Let honge aboute in dyvers places rewe, And bestes adversaunt hem wol eschewe. 1432–50tr. Higden Rolls Ser. I. 87 More prompte to do ylle than to speke, coverenge thynges adversaunte with silence. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Paraphr. John ix. 40 Even when aduersaunt misery is immynent. c1630Jackson Creed v. xlv. Wks. IV. 378 Our Saviour's advice to Martha..is no way adversant to my intended choice. |