Contravene
[,kɒntrə'viːn] or [,kɑntrə'vin]
Definition
(v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.
(v. t.) To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Oppose, contradict, counteract, countervail, thwart, cross, obstruct, defeat, hinder, go against, clash with, run counter to, militate against.
Checker: Percy
Definition
v.t. to oppose.—n. Contraven′tion act of contravening: opposition: obstruction.
Checker: Melanie
Examples
- She ought to play up to him, not to contravene him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The two sisters worked on in silence, Ursula having always that strange brightness of an essential flame that is caught, meshed, contravened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This thwarted her, and contravened her, for the moment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is a contravened knot. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Maggie