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English Dictionary: adverse	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adverse adj contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" Synonym(s): adverse, inauspicious, untoward in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind" Synonym(s): adverse, contrary
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 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. [bd]Calpe's adverse height.[b8] --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}.