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cross

(Disagree with), verb act in opposition to, argue, be opposed to, collide, conflict with, confront, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, debate, defy, dispute, gainsay, homini obsistere, make a stand against, neutralize, oppose, protest, refuse to conform, refute, repudiate, resist, run counter to, speak against, take exceppion, traverse
Associated concepts: cross action, cross-claim, cross-complaint, cross-demand, cross-examination, cross libels, cross section, crosswalk

cross

(Intersect), verb bisect, braid, crisscross, cut across, divide, go across, halve, intercross, interrupt, intersect, lie across, move across, section, segment, separate, split, traverse

CROSS. contracts. A mark made by persons who are unable to write, instead of their names.
2. When properly attested, and proved to have been made by the party whose name is written with the mark, it is generally admitted as evidence of the party's signature.

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But many of our crosses are opportunities to be sources of hope, of joy, of discovery, of healing, of life--for ourselves and others.

Drawing on faith: a friend's scribbled crosses illustrate the difficult road to Easter hope

TEAM ONE: Students representing the Virginia Attorney General should construct an argument that the teens and the Ku Klux Klan leader burned the crosses to intimidate people, thereby violating Virginia law.

Is hate free speech? Does the First Amendment protect something as offensive as burning a cross? The Supreme Court will decide. (National)

And rapidly, over 150 crosses were planted in the field.

Poland: controversy over crosses at Auschwitz

Six of the Netherlands' 9 goals it its 5-game championship run in the '88 European championship involved a cross, a direct result of averaging 35 crosses a match.