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antagonize(dictionary)

antagonize (iou)



antagonize verb trans. Also antagonise. M17.
[Greek antagonizesthai, formed as ANT- + agonizesthai struggle, formed as AGON: see -IZE.]
Vie with, rival. Only in M17.
T. Herbert The Dodo which for shape and rarenesse may antigonize the Phoenix of Arabia.
Struggle against, contend with. arch. M18.
Keats Like one huge Python Antagonising Boreas.
Counteract, tend to neutralize (a force etc.). M18.
R. W. Emerson If Fate follows and limits power, power attends and antagonizes Fate. G. H. Lewes The body is balanced by an incessant shifting of the muscles, one group antagonising the other. J. G. Farrell Our first object must be to antagonize the poison.
Render antagonistic, evoke antagonism in. M19.
J. Heller They conducted their duties humbly and reticently..and went to great lengths not to antagonize anyone.
antagoni'zation noun L19.