opportun1ty, opportun1te

[French opportunité, from Lat. opportunitatem, acc us. of opportunitas, from opportunus opportune (q.v.); Sp. oportunidad; Ital. opportunità.] 1. Fit, opportune, or convenient time or occasion; a time, occasion, or place attended with favorable circumstances; suitable or propitious occasion or chance. "They had had the opportunity , which he had a ured them that they should have." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxv. *2. Convenience, fitne , suitability. "Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity , both to sea and land affairs."- Milton . (Webster.) *3. Occurrence, occasion. "The opportunity of temptations." -Jeremy Taylor. *4. Importunity, earnestne . B. Intransitive: 2921 1. To be set or placed opposite; to be opposite. "The four opposing coigns Which the world together joins." Shakesp.: Pericles , iii. (Prol.) opposition. 2. To act adversely or in opposition; to make "Oppose against their wills." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, i. 1. 3. To obstruct; to act obstructively; to make or raise objections. õp-põşed', pa . par . & a . [OPPOSE.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Set opposite or over against; opposite. "The opposed continent." Shakesp.: Henry IV., iii. 1. 2. Antagonistic, adverse, hostile: being or feeling against; as, He is opposed to the plan. *õp-põse-le , a . [Eng. oppose ; -le .] Not to be opposed; irresistible. "To quarrel with your great opposele wills." Shakesp.: Lear, iv. 6. õp-põş-er, s. [ Eng.oppos (e); -er.] 1. One who opposes in party, principle, contro versy, or otherwise; an opponent, an antagonist, an adversary, an enemy, a rival. "And thou, my soul, of all such men beware, That unto holine opposers are." Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , Pt. ii. *2. An officer formerly belonging to the Green Wax in the English Exchequer. õp-pô-site, a. & s. [Fr. opposite, from Lat. op "Entreats us to be happy, with an opportunity so pas- posit us , pa. par. of oppo no to set against; op , ob = sionate."-Jeremy Taylor. (Webster.) *5. Character, habit. ( Hall i well .) To take an opportunity: To avail one's self of a convenient or favorable time or occasion. "I shall take an early opportunity of resigning my place."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xvii.