Towards with hostile intent; in opposition or hostility to, contrary to; = against, prep. 2.

In hostility or active opposition to; so as to attack or fight with; (also) with an adverse attitude or intention towards; = against, prep. 2a 2b.

Against, over against, contrary to.

Against; to meet.

in same sense.

After words denoting opposition or hostility: Against; towards (obsolete or archaic). †In quot. 1670 simply: Against, so as to prevent (obsolete).

as prep. In opposition to, contrary to; against.

Directly, exactly. With respect to the quarter of the heavens: Due. flat against: literal and figurative directly contrary to. Cf. dead, adv. 3.

Against.

= verso ‘the back of the leaf’, versus ‘against’, vide ‘see’.

Against; employed in Law to denote an action by one party against another. Also transferred. Frequently abbreviated v. (also ver., vs.).