opposit
English edit
Etymology edit
Middle English opposit, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”).
Adjective edit
opposit (not comparable)
- Archaic form of opposite.
- 1906, Egbert P. Watson, “XXV—Elementary Principles of Alternating Currents”, in The Engineer: With Which Is Incorporated Steam Engineer, volume 43[1] (Engineering), published 2011, page 680:
- … direction of the surface of the wire, and in the opposit direction at the axis.
- 1920, George Starr White, Think; Side Lights, What Others Say, Clinical Cases, Etc[2], Digitized edition, published 2007:
- If a person has lost one tooth, the tooth opposit is of no use in mastication ...
- 1931, Joseph Bowden, Elements of the Theory of Intergers[3], Digitized edition, published 2010, page 65:
- Since every primary number represents some integer (§ 160), every primary number has its opposit.
Noun edit
opposit (plural opposits)
Verb edit
opposit (third-person singular simple present opposits, present participle oppositing, simple past and past participle opposited)
- to posit or assume as a contradictory; negative or deny
References edit
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, volume V, page 4131, opposit
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Supplement, volume XII, page 0902, opposit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
opposit
- contrary or opposed in location or direction; on the opposite side from
- c. 1392, Equatorie of the Planets:
- Procede in the same litel cercle to ward lettere E opposit to D.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun edit
opposit (plural opposits)
- a position of 180˚ away
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe:
- The opposit of the south lyne is the north.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)