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*1. The [[state]] or condition of being contrary or opposed; [[opposition]], contrariety. Obs.
*2. The condition of adverse fortune; a state opposed to well-being or prosperity; misfortune, distress, [[trial]], or affliction. (The earliest sense in [[English]])
*3. An adverse circumstance; a misfortune, calamity, trial.
*4. Contrariness of [[nature]]; perversity. (In Shak. = perverse one, quibbler.) Obs.
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