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Webster 1913 Edition

Opponency

Op-po′nen-cy

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Noun.
The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.
[Eng.]
Todd.

Webster 1828 Edition

Opponency

OPPO'NENCY

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Noun.
[See Opponent.] The opening of an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet; an exercise for a degree. [I believe not used in America.]

Definition 2024

opponency

opponency

English

Noun

opponency ‎(plural opponencies)

  1. (Britain) The act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.
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