opponentn.adj.

Brit.

/əˈpəʊnənt/, U.S.

/əˈpoʊnənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin opponent-, opponens, oppōnent-, oppōnēns, oppōnens, .

Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin opponent-, opponens adversary in a legal dispute (1537), disputant in an academic debate (a1345, c1583 in British sources), use as noun of classical Latin oppōnent-, oppōnēns, present participle of oppōnere to set against (see oppone v., and compare oppose v.). As adjective < classical Latin oppōnent-, oppōnens. Compare Italian opponente (a1375 as noun, 18th cent. as adjective).With sense A. 1b compare earlier opposer n. 2a. With sense B. 2 compare earlier opposing adj.

A. n.

a. A person who stands in conflict or disagreement with another, esp. in a fight, argument, or legal dispute; an antagonist or adversary. Also (in a contest, race, game, etc.): a person who is in competition with another; a member of the opposite side or team.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent

adversaryc1350

contraryc1405

overthwarter?c1450

party1488

opposant1489

oppositec1500

encounterer1523

oppugner1535

header1537

opponent1553

antagonist1555

crosser1565

adverse1593

oppositor1598

oppugnator1611

stickler1612

opposera1616

antipos1631

thwarter1633

Antarctic1637

contrariant1657

foe1697

oppositionist1786

oppugnanta1834

counterworker1867

contester1884

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 77^v Wordes rehearsed contrarie to that which was spoken..do much abash the opponent, & delite the hearers.

1566 R. Stephens Brief Rehearsall in C. Plummer Elizabethan Oxf. (1887) 201 Mr. Waye,..Mr. Mericke..were opponents in the said questions.

1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 833/2 The second day, the foure opponents brought in their complaints.

1645 Bp. J. Hall Peace-maker xxiv. 211 He met with feeble opponents, and such as his nimble wit was easily able to over-turn.

1711 Z. Wylde Eng. Master of Defence 26 Bring it round the Point of your Opponent's Sword, and Pitch it home to his Face.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. ⁋7 My opponents and censurers tacitly confessing their despair.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. xi. 289 I had already ran my opponent through the sword arm.

1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 401/2 For some weeks the adherents of Zuloaga appeared to be gaining the advantage over their opponents.

1911 Z. Grey Young Pitcher xvii. 231 Ken kept up his tireless, swift cannonading over the plate, making his opponents hit.

1988 Maclean's 6 June 27/3 Dukakis's..expertise..could..make him a formidable opponent.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 11/2 Afu-Ra travels by boat through the waters of darkness, vanquishing his opponents with..magical words of power.

b. spec. In a formal (esp. academic) debate: a person who maintains a contrary position. In later use: esp. a person who proposes objections to a (usually philosophical or theological) thesis, typically as part of an examination for a degree. Cf. opponency n. 2, oppose v. 1b. Now chiefly historical.The opponent's argument is usually followed by that of the respondent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > opponent in

opposerc1500

opponent1588

courser1658

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in > on opposite side

opponent1588

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 101^v The opponent who defendeth the contrary.

1595 R. Parry Moderatus v. 64 It is not an opponents part to distinguish a question proposed.

1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes xiii. 92 The opponent vrging an argument very captiously, was taken at the rebound.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 39 The Father being himself both Opponent and Respondent, there was no answer given to that position.

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) 25 Nov. I. 98 He..was Prior-Opponent in ye Divinity Schoole, Mr. Entwistle..being respondent.

1729 Advantages of Politicks to this Nation 12 When Members of different Colleges happen to meet, their Disputes sometimes rise so high, that for want of a Moderator at Hand, the Respondent is run thro' the Body by the Opponent.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 471 Latin theses (generally on subjects of moral philosophy)..are propounded by the student who is candidate for the degree of B.A. (the respondent), and answered by others, styled ‘opponents’.

1854 G. W. Hervey Rhetoric of Conversat. 137 After inquiring whether we ourselves have proper qualifications for the discussion of the question, we should consider the character of our opponent or respondent.

1915 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 24 14 As soon as the Respondent has finished his Thesis..the Moderator calls upon the first Opponent to appear.

1991 R. J. Branham Debate & Crit. Anal. i. 25 The arguer must explain how his or her argument refutes or accounts for that of the opponent.

2. A person who attacks, objects to, disagrees with, or resists a policy, institution, doctrine, etc. Frequently with of or to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent > one opposed to some person or thing

opponent1658

virtuoso-mastix1671

anti1814

warrer1836

against1843

reactionist1902

aginer1905

againster1919

nay-sayer1925

1658 in J. Morgan Phœnix Britannicus (1731) ii. 144 And what, though he was so great an Opponent to those Things formerly?.. Then was then, and now is now.

1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd II. iv. 48 Sir Isaac Newton's Antagonist.., in Order to prove himself the Opponent of this great Author.., has put together a general System..formed upon particular Cases.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. v, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 363 The most violent opponents of the king's government were forfeited.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 7 He searches about for opponents to his doctrine.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 316 The abolitionist of the national debt, the unflinching opponent of pensions.

1859 A. H. Clough tr. Plutarch Lives III. 291 Thucydides..was a great opponent of the measures by which Pericles courted the favor of the people.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §7. 531 The proposal found stubborn opponents among the moderate Royalists.

1957 N. Mandela Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. v. 67 A broad united front of all the genuine opponents of the racial policies of the Government must be developed.

1999 Independent 18 June i. 13/1 Opponents to female ordination.

†3. Anatomy. An opponens muscle. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of hands or feet

thenara1682

opponent1749

tibialis anterior (formerly anticus)1749

tibialis posterior (formerly posticus)1749

opponens1754

opponens pollicis1755

opponens digiti minimi1838

thenar muscles1842

opponens hallucis1880

1749 B. S. Albinus Tables Skeleton & Muscles (20th muscular table) Fig. XIX... Its end is covered by the opponent of the thumb.

B. adj.

1. Antagonistic, contrary, opposed; given or presented as a contrary argument. Frequently with to or †against. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective]

contrariousc1290

contraryinga1340

contrary1340

adversarya1382

overthwartc1384

contrairc1400

contrariantc1400

adverse1418

repugnantc1443

thwarting1530

pugnant1537

opposite1577

haggard1578

impugnant1579

kim-kam1582

antagonist1591

adversative1595

counter1596

opposing1597

antipathetical1601

thwart1601

aversed1609

aversive1609

adversarious1622

averse1623

antipathousa1625

inimicitious1641

opponent1641

negative1642

gainstanding1674

antithetic1753

opposed1784

oppositional1829

transversive1855

oppositionary1905

1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 61 I see no opponent reason can debar them from being truly stiled reall Philosophers.

1670 T. Garencières tr. Famous Conclave wherein Clement VIII was elected Pope 20 To forgive all them that had been opponent against his Exaltation.

1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau i. iii. 7 Sir, I desire to deliver my Reasons opponent to this Match.

1775 J. Woodforde Diary 11 Nov. (1924) I. 170 Then the professor bids the Opponent read his Opponent speech on the first question.

1857 J. Ruskin Two Paths iv. 185 The artist, when his pupil is perfect, must see him leave his side that he may declare his distinct, perhaps opponent, skill.

1994 Church Times 18 Mar. 4/3 Most of the parties opponent are not in principle averse to having a statue in the church.

†2. Situated opposite; = opposing adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective]

contraryc1384

oppositec1392

contrariousc1400

contradictorious?a1475

objecta1542

overthwart1555

oppositive1578

opposed1598

opposing1609

adverse1623

obversea1656

counter-placed1678

opponent1728

counter1842

subtending1860

abapical1866

1728 J. Thomson Spring 33 Her sympathizing Lover takes his Stand High on th' opponent Bank.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 95 Then up th' opponent Hill..we mount aloft.

1782 J. Scott Epist. ii, in Poet. Wks. 268 Yon path..Soon mounts the opponent hill.

1853 C. Harpur Bushrangers 68 Clenching..a stake-like root, that from The opponent bank protruded.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vi. 182 They are the opponent poles of a cycle.

†3. Anatomy. Of a digit: opposable. Also: designating an opponens muscle. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [adjective] > opposing another digit

opponent1842

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [adjective] > muscles of hands or feet

thenal1803

opponent1842

tibialis anterior (formerly anticus)1958

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 424 The thumb or fifth finger..in the latter..is opponent, or antagonizing.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Oppōnens, opposite; opposing; opponent; applied to muscles, etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opponent
释义	opponentn.adj. Brit. /əˈpəʊnənt/, U.S. /əˈpoʊnənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin opponent-, opponens, oppōnent-, oppōnēns, oppōnens, . Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin opponent-, opponens adversary in a legal dispute (1537), disputant in an academic debate (a1345, c1583 in British sources), use as noun of classical Latin oppōnent-, oppōnēns, present participle of oppōnere to set against (see oppone v., and compare oppose v.). As adjective < classical Latin oppōnent-, oppōnens. Compare Italian opponente (a1375 as noun, 18th cent. as adjective).With sense A. 1b compare earlier opposer n. 2a. With sense B. 2 compare earlier opposing adj. A. n. 1. a. A person who stands in conflict or disagreement with another, esp. in a fight, argument, or legal dispute; an antagonist or adversary. Also (in a contest, race, game, etc.): a person who is in competition with another; a member of the opposite side or team. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent adversaryc1350 contraryc1405 overthwarter?c1450 party1488 opposant1489 oppositec1500 encounterer1523 oppugner1535 header1537 opponent1553 antagonist1555 crosser1565 adverse1593 oppositor1598 oppugnator1611 stickler1612 opposera1616 antipos1631 thwarter1633 Antarctic1637 contrariant1657 foe1697 oppositionist1786 oppugnanta1834 counterworker1867 contester1884 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 77^v Wordes rehearsed contrarie to that which was spoken..do much abash the opponent, & delite the hearers. 1566 R. Stephens Brief Rehearsall in C. Plummer Elizabethan Oxf. (1887) 201 Mr. Waye,..Mr. Mericke..were opponents in the said questions. 1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 833/2 The second day, the foure opponents brought in their complaints. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Peace-maker xxiv. 211 He met with feeble opponents, and such as his nimble wit was easily able to over-turn. 1711 Z. Wylde Eng. Master of Defence 26 Bring it round the Point of your Opponent's Sword, and Pitch it home to his Face. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. ⁋7 My opponents and censurers tacitly confessing their despair. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. xi. 289 I had already ran my opponent through the sword arm. 1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 401/2 For some weeks the adherents of Zuloaga appeared to be gaining the advantage over their opponents. 1911 Z. Grey Young Pitcher xvii. 231 Ken kept up his tireless, swift cannonading over the plate, making his opponents hit. 1988 Maclean's 6 June 27/3 Dukakis's..expertise..could..make him a formidable opponent. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 11/2 Afu-Ra travels by boat through the waters of darkness, vanquishing his opponents with..magical words of power. b. spec. In a formal (esp. academic) debate: a person who maintains a contrary position. In later use: esp. a person who proposes objections to a (usually philosophical or theological) thesis, typically as part of an examination for a degree. Cf. opponency n. 2, oppose v. 1b. Now chiefly historical.The opponent's argument is usually followed by that of the respondent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > opponent in opposerc1500 opponent1588 courser1658 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in > on opposite side opponent1588 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike ii. ix. f. 101^v The opponent who defendeth the contrary. 1595 R. Parry Moderatus v. 64 It is not an opponents part to distinguish a question proposed. 1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes xiii. 92 The opponent vrging an argument very captiously, was taken at the rebound. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 39 The Father being himself both Opponent and Respondent, there was no answer given to that position. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) 25 Nov. I. 98 He..was Prior-Opponent in ye Divinity Schoole, Mr. Entwistle..being respondent. 1729 Advantages of Politicks to this Nation 12 When Members of different Colleges happen to meet, their Disputes sometimes rise so high, that for want of a Moderator at Hand, the Respondent is run thro' the Body by the Opponent. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. v. i. 471 Latin theses (generally on subjects of moral philosophy)..are propounded by the student who is candidate for the degree of B.A. (the respondent), and answered by others, styled ‘opponents’. 1854 G. W. Hervey Rhetoric of Conversat. 137 After inquiring whether we ourselves have proper qualifications for the discussion of the question, we should consider the character of our opponent or respondent. 1915 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 24 14 As soon as the Respondent has finished his Thesis..the Moderator calls upon the first Opponent to appear. 1991 R. J. Branham Debate & Crit. Anal. i. 25 The arguer must explain how his or her argument refutes or accounts for that of the opponent. 2. A person who attacks, objects to, disagrees with, or resists a policy, institution, doctrine, etc. Frequently with of or to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent > one opposed to some person or thing opponent1658 virtuoso-mastix1671 anti1814 warrer1836 against1843 reactionist1902 aginer1905 againster1919 nay-sayer1925 1658 in J. Morgan Phœnix Britannicus (1731) ii. 144 And what, though he was so great an Opponent to those Things formerly?.. Then was then, and now is now. 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd II. iv. 48 Sir Isaac Newton's Antagonist.., in Order to prove himself the Opponent of this great Author.., has put together a general System..formed upon particular Cases. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. v, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 363 The most violent opponents of the king's government were forfeited. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 7 He searches about for opponents to his doctrine. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 316 The abolitionist of the national debt, the unflinching opponent of pensions. 1859 A. H. Clough tr. Plutarch Lives III. 291 Thucydides..was a great opponent of the measures by which Pericles courted the favor of the people. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §7. 531 The proposal found stubborn opponents among the moderate Royalists. 1957 N. Mandela Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. v. 67 A broad united front of all the genuine opponents of the racial policies of the Government must be developed. 1999 Independent 18 June i. 13/1 Opponents to female ordination. †3. Anatomy. An opponens muscle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of hands or feet thenara1682 opponent1749 tibialis anterior (formerly anticus)1749 tibialis posterior (formerly posticus)1749 opponens1754 opponens pollicis1755 opponens digiti minimi1838 thenar muscles1842 opponens hallucis1880 1749 B. S. Albinus Tables Skeleton & Muscles (20th muscular table) Fig. XIX... Its end is covered by the opponent of the thumb. B. adj. 1. Antagonistic, contrary, opposed; given or presented as a contrary argument. Frequently with to or †against. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] contrariousc1290 contraryinga1340 contrary1340 adversarya1382 overthwartc1384 contrairc1400 contrariantc1400 adverse1418 repugnantc1443 thwarting1530 pugnant1537 opposite1577 haggard1578 impugnant1579 kim-kam1582 antagonist1591 adversative1595 counter1596 opposing1597 antipathetical1601 thwart1601 aversed1609 aversive1609 adversarious1622 averse1623 antipathousa1625 inimicitious1641 opponent1641 negative1642 gainstanding1674 antithetic1753 opposed1784 oppositional1829 transversive1855 oppositionary1905 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 61 I see no opponent reason can debar them from being truly stiled reall Philosophers. 1670 T. Garencières tr. Famous Conclave wherein Clement VIII was elected Pope 20 To forgive all them that had been opponent against his Exaltation. 1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau i. iii. 7 Sir, I desire to deliver my Reasons opponent to this Match. 1775 J. Woodforde Diary 11 Nov. (1924) I. 170 Then the professor bids the Opponent read his Opponent speech on the first question. 1857 J. Ruskin Two Paths iv. 185 The artist, when his pupil is perfect, must see him leave his side that he may declare his distinct, perhaps opponent, skill. 1994 Church Times 18 Mar. 4/3 Most of the parties opponent are not in principle averse to having a statue in the church. †2. Situated opposite; = opposing adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] contraryc1384 oppositec1392 contrariousc1400 contradictorious?a1475 objecta1542 overthwart1555 oppositive1578 opposed1598 opposing1609 adverse1623 obversea1656 counter-placed1678 opponent1728 counter1842 subtending1860 abapical1866 1728 J. Thomson Spring 33 Her sympathizing Lover takes his Stand High on th' opponent Bank. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 95 Then up th' opponent Hill..we mount aloft. 1782 J. Scott Epist. ii, in Poet. Wks. 268 Yon path..Soon mounts the opponent hill. 1853 C. Harpur Bushrangers 68 Clenching..a stake-like root, that from The opponent bank protruded. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vi. 182 They are the opponent poles of a cycle. †3. Anatomy. Of a digit: opposable. Also: designating an opponens muscle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [adjective] > opposing another digit opponent1842 the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [adjective] > muscles of hands or feet thenal1803 opponent1842 tibialis anterior (formerly anticus)1958 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 51 424 The thumb or fifth finger..in the latter..is opponent, or antagonizing. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Oppōnens, opposite; opposing; opponent; applied to muscles, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1553
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