set against Copy link Outline I. To place oneself in a state of enmity or oppositionII. To excite hostile feeling againstIII. To set one thing against another in comparison • set against: I. To place oneself in a state of enmity or opposition: oppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: v. to oppose. II. To excite hostile feeling against: exaspĕro, 1 (to irritate, exasperate): they having s. the greater part of the state against them, quum majorem civitatis partem exasperassent, Val. Max. 6, 5, 3: Liv. Phr.: the son had been s. against his father by his mother, *filii animus odio in patrem a matre imbutus erat, cf. Tac. H. 2, 85 (favore imbutus); filii studia in patrem maternae acuerant inimicitiae. III. To set one thing against another in comparison: oppōno, 3: to s. one defeat against many victories, multis secundis proeliis unum adversum o., Caes. B. C. 3, 73, ad init.: v. to compare with.