opposite (opozit)

and n. [Formerly also oppos it; Their planetary motions, and aspects, In sextile, square, and trine, and opposite . Milton , P. L., x. 659. Opposite to the south end of the bridge is an inscription in an eastern character, which seemed to be very antient. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 92. 2. Contrary; reverse. The plane of polarisation of the north pole of the sky moves in the opposite direction to that of the hand of a watch. Sir C. Wheat stone , quoted in Spottiswoode's [Polarisation, p. 88. 3. Of a totally or radically different nature, quality, or tendency; also (of two persons or things), mutually antagonistic or repugnant; mutually opposed in character or action; contradictory; non-congruent: as, words of oppo site meaning; opposite terms. So began we to be more oppos it in opinions: He graue, I gamesome. Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 236. Particles of speech have divers and sometimes almost opposite significations. Locke . IMG:content-1768.png:[blocks in formation] [Some modern writers logic wish to call two differ ent species of the same genus opposites. This practice has little to recommend it.] oppositely (op'o-zit-li), adv. In an opposite or adverse manner; in front; in a situation facing each other; adversely; contrarily. - Oppositely pinnate leaf, in bot., a compound leaf the leaflets of which are situated one opposite to the other in pairs, as in the genus Rosa. The state of