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Adverse

a.
  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.
  3. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
    4. Adverse possession (Law),
    a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person.

v. t.
  1. To oppose; to resist.