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
Whatley	['hwɔtli]
Hanna (2)	HAH-nah (German), HAN-nah (Danish), HAHN-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Hungarian
'Esaw	-	Biblical Hebrew
Yeong-Ho	yung-ho	Korean
DonndubhÁN	-	Ancient Irish
AndraŽ	-	Slovene