militate against

militate against something

[for something] to work against something. Everything you have said today militates against an early settlement to our disagreement. This really militates against my going to college.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cristiano	kree-STYAH-no (Italian), kreesh-TYA-noo (Portuguese)	Italian, Portuguese
Galenos	-	Ancient Greek
Khalilah	-	Arabic
Mislav	-	Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Cherrie	['tʃeri]
Umeko	oo-me-ko	Japanese