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Oppose vs Withgo - What's the difference?

oppose | withgo |

As verbs the difference between oppose and withgo

is that oppose is while withgo is to go against; oppose; transgress.

As a noun oppose

is opposite.

As an adjective oppose

is opposite.

oppose

English

Verb

(oppos)
  • 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.
    • to oppose''' the king in battle; to '''oppose a bill in Congress
    There is still time to oppose this plan.
  • To object to.
    • Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
  • To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
    • They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
  • * John Locke
    • I may oppose my single opinion to his.
  • * 1839 , Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug
    • [T]hree walls had been left standing, with large intervals between each; and they would certainly oppose a most formidable interruption to an invader.
  • To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Her grace sat down / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.
  • To compete with; to strive against.
    • to oppose a rival for a prize
  • * Shakespeare
    • I am too weak / To oppose your cunning.

    Synonyms

    *

    Antonyms

    * support

    Related terms

    * opponent * opposer * opposite * opposition

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    withgo

    English

    Verb

  • To go against; oppose; transgress.
  • *1903 , John Henry Overton, The nonjurors: their lives, principles, and writings :
    • Bisbie, being then in the 55th year of his age, and 30th year of his incumbency, by vertue of an unrighteous Act of a factious and rebellious convention, was deprived of the rectory of Long Melford for not withgoing his faith and sworn allegiance to King James the Second and transferring it to William, Prince of Orange.
  • To forgo; give up; pass up; forfeit.
  • *1895 , Aroda Reym, A life contrast :
    • "[...] In the name of all that is dear to you, let us help you to withgo the vengeance."
  • *1914 , Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary debates: Senate and House of Representatives :
    • It has been reported in the newspapers that in South Australia several women who could afford to withgo the allowance have drawn £5, and contributed the money to the funds of the Liberal party.
  • *1946 , Traffic Service Corporation, Traffic world :
    • Operators in areas outside Chicago were urged to withgo experiments with radio truck communication until the experiment in Chicago had proved the practicability and efficiency of such a highway communication program.
  • *1957 , William Hollow Husband, James Carlton Dockeray, Modern corporation finance :
    • Thus, many railroads have been forced to withgo the payment of dividends in recent years while established industrial companies were able to return to a dividend schedule following the curtailment of the early thirties.
  • *2001 , Richard Grassby, Kinship and Capitalism :
    • Abraham Gonsales, when his daughter died, wrote how it had "pleased God to take her from this miserable world ... it has caused us a great deal of grief and sorrow . . . give us strength to withgo so much sorrow for it has touched out hearts.