To place in a position of hostility or opposition; to cause to be hostile or antagonistic; to pit (one) against (another). to set (a person) against…

to set over against, oppose.

transitive. To place in opposition or conflict with; to pit (a person or thing) against another in a trial or contest; to pair (a team member) up…

transitive. To put or hold forward in opposition (against or to).

To put into an attitude of hostility or opposition; to incite, instigate.

transitive. To set (something) against or in opposition to; to place or position as an obstacle. Also: to put forward (a person) as an antagonist…

transitive. To place against, set in opposition to.

To set in opposition.

trans. To render antipathetic, to affect with contrariety or hostility of feeling.

transitive. To set in conflict or rivalry against another; to match, oppose. Frequently in passive.

To act in antagonism to, struggle against, contend with, oppose actively. Now rare. transitive. Originally U.S. With a person as subject and a…