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
Aggie	['ægi]
Inka	EENG-kah (Finnish), ING-kah (German)	Frisian, Finnish, German
ÅGe	-	Norwegian
Terhi	TER-hee	Finnish
Dagmara	-	Polish
Stepan	stye-PAHN (Russian), stee-PAHN (Russian)	Russian, Armenian