(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.

(transitive, idiomatic) To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported. / (transitive, intransitive) To set against or in opposition to something.

(woodworking, of sanding or planing a piece of wood) Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising the nap of the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cutting tool below the cutting surface.

(idiomatic) Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability.

(idiomatic) To defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.

(idiomatic) Facing; challenging, or opposing. / In contact with, abutting.

(transitive) to attack or assault / (transitive, obsolete) to impinge against

(obsolete) Back again.

(transitive, idiomatic) To set in opposition to someone or something else.

(idiomatic) To manipulate two persons into competing against one another in a way that benefits the person carrying out the manipulation.