ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] Acting in direct opposition; mutually opposing.

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1810.  Bentham, Packing (1821), 231. To … reconcile … to each other the antagonizing ends of justice.

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1817.  Jas. Mill, Brit. India, II. V. v. 486. This step was vehemently opposed … by the antagonizing party.

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1848.  Mill, Pol. Econ., III. xv. § 2. A complete equipoise between these antagonizing forces.

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1855.  Bain, Senses & Int., II. iv. § 7 (1864), 268. The two antagonizing classes of muscles.

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