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contravene

[ kon-truh-veen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, con·tra·vened, con·tra·ven·ing.

to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose:
to contravene a statement.
to violate, infringe, or transgress:
to contravene the law.

contravene

/ ˌkɒntrəˈviːn; ˌkɒntrəˈvɛnʃən /

1560–70; < Late Latin contrāvenīre, equivalent to Latin contrā against + venīre to come

C16: from Late Latin contrāvenīre, from Latin contra- + venīre to come

I saw it was useless to argue with him: his features were stamped with despair, and to contravene a man's fate is impossible.

She wanted to defend her sister, but she had no arguments weighty enough to contravene those of her brother-in-law.

Maza's tyranny had so infuriated Don Rosendo's friends that they spared no means to contravene it.

He was far more anxious not to contravene the unwritten laws of the Undergraduate world.

I must grieve, I must weep: it seems the law of God, and the only one that men are not disposed to contravene.

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