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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adverse \Ad"verse\, a. [OE. advers, OF avers, advers, fr L. 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.'' --Byron. 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. --Southey. {Adverse possession} (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. --Abbott. Syn: Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See {Averse}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adverse \Ad*verse"\, v. t. [L. adversari: cf OF averser.] To oppose; to resist. [Obs.] --Gower. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adverse adj 1: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" [syn: {harmful}, {inauspicious}, {untoward}] 2: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind" [syn: {contrary}]
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