Meanings
verboppone (third-person singular simple present oppones, present participle opponing, simple past and past participle opponed)
present singular third person oppones · participle present opponing · participle past opponed · past opponed
- obsoleteTo oppose.
Out of his Indies: what can you not do, Against lords spiritual, or temporal, That shall oppone you?
1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Origin
- Latinopponere
- Englishoppone
From Latin opponere. See opponent.
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Rhymes with oppone
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APA
oppone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppone
MLA
“oppone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oppone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppone.
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