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
Eliyyahu	e-lee-YAH-hoo	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Aina (2)	IE-nə	Catalan
Olive	AHL-iv	English
NermİN	-	Turkish
Herman	['hə:mən]
Moira	MOI-ra	Irish, Scottish, English