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adj
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Crossing in kind or disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: adverse, opposing, perverse
Antonyms: none provided
adv
From side to side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: across, athwart
Antonyms: none provided
noun
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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prep
From one side to the other of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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Synonyms: across, athwart
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
