Adverse
Adverse ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Old English advers, Old French avers, advers, from Latin 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.
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.
Collocations (1)
Adverse possession (Law) , a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. — Abbott
Adverse ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin adversari: compare Old French averser.]
To oppose; to resist. [Obsolete] — Gower