of Militate
Source: Webster's dictionaryRitson: "That same power, one may answer, which authorises kings to take where it can be worst spared, and give it where it is least wanted. Our hero, in this respect, was a knight-errant; and wanted no other commission than that of justice, whose cause he militated." Joseph Ritson
The Basin Coordinator noted the deteriorating impact on water resources through human activities and stressed that diversity in institutional mandates and interests militated against the effective management of Water Resources. Source: Internet
Therefore, nothing, not even the oft intrusive Nigerian factor that had for long militated against laudable government’s policies and programmes, should be spared, to avert it. Source: Internet