ppl. a. Obs. [a. Mfr. adversant, pr. pple. of adverser, averser to oppose:—L. adversant-em, pr. pple. of adversā-ri to oppose oneself to, f. adversus opposed: see ADVERSE.] Opposing oneself, opposing; adverse, hostile (to).
a. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., I. 553. Let honge aboute in dyvers places rewe, And bestes adversaunt hem wol eschewe.
1432–50. trans. Higden, Rolls Ser. I. 87. More prompte to do ylle than to speke, coverenge thynges adversaunte with silence.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Paraphr. John ix. 40. Even when aduersaunt misery is immynent.
c. 1630. Jackson, Creed, V. xlv. Wks. IV. 378. Our Saviour’s advice to Martha … is no way adversant to my intended choice.
