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
Anastasiya	ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Anastasija	-	Macedonian, Serbian
Pamela	['pæmilə]
Mato	-	Croatian
Cipriano	chee-pree-AH-no (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Dafne	DAHF-ne	Italian