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What is the verb for opposites?

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oppose
  1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
  2. To object to.
  3. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
  4. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
  5. To compete with; to strive against.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “They came to oppose attempts by the London fire authority to remove one of the station's two engines.”
      “The Warriors, playing with all freshmen and sophomores, will now prepare for the state semifinals where the team will oppose Arlington St.”
      “By electromagnetic induction, a countercurrent will be induced into the coil, which will oppose the incoming current.”
opposed
opposing
oppone
  1. (obsolete) To oppose.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There would also be less variety of oppone nts with only eight counties played in first-class cricket in a season.”
opposes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppose
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The pharmaceutical industry vehemently opposes reimporting drugs, a practice that undercuts their US sales.”
      “That mirage, or intuition, revelation or dream opposes order to disorder, plenitude to emptiness, and to disgust wonder, hope, enthusiasm.”
      “He supports a complete halt to building new nuclear weapons yet opposes destroying current stocks.”
opposeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppose
opposest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of oppose
opponed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of oppone
opponing
  1. present participle of oppone
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