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Opposit-, Oppositenesse, n. [e.m.E. (1645).] The state of being opposite or opposed; contrariety; opposition. — 1619 Calderwood in Misc. Spald. C. II. lxiii.
Perth Assembly. … The oppositenesse of it to the proceedings and oath of the whole state of the land. An 1581 a1658 Durham Comm. Rev. (1680) I. viii. 50 (OED.).
Notwithstanding his great oppositnesse thereto [Ambrose] was at length so pressed as he was made to yield
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