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/kˈɑntrəvˌin/ Listen

verb

Contravene v. t. (past & past part. contravened; pres. part. contravening)

To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. "So plain a proposition... was not likely to be contravened."

To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law. "Laws that place the subjects in such a state contravene the first principles of the compact of authority."

Synonyms: To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross; obstruct; baffle; thwart.

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"Contravene" Quotes from Famous Books

... increased confidence that its adoption will strengthen those checks by which the Constitution designed to secure the independence of each department of the Government and promote the healthful and equitable administration of all the trusts which it has created. The agent most likely to contravene this design of the Constitution is the Chief Magistrate. In order, particularly, that his appointment may as far as possible be placed beyond the reach of any improper influences; in order that he may approach the solemn responsibilities of the highest office ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, - Vol. 2, Part 3, Andrew Jackson, 1st term • Edited by James D. Richardson

... United States that in all cases coming before that body in which there was at issue a right granted by the Constitution to the freedmen, efforts were made to evade the real issue, or to interpret the laws so as to contravene the intent of the framers of the Constitution.[44] To urge the protection of the Negro in his exercise of the rights and privileges granted by the Constitution, to secure the enactment of laws with the purpose to secure to him ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various

... it was important—it says so in the book; besides, in all the manoeuvres I had attended and tactical schemes I had seen, the "defence" always held a position on top of a hill or ridge. My duty was plain: Waschout Hill seemed the only place which did not contravene any of the nineteen lessons I had learnt, and up it I walked. As I stood near one of the huts, I got an excellent view of the drift and its southern approach just over the bulge of the hill, and a clear view of the river further ...

— The Defence of Duffer's Drift • Ernest Dunlop Swinton

... political and economic fortunes were bound up with states other than Italy; justice and wisdom alike seemed to dictate a refusal of Italian claims. The annexation of such districts by Italy, the experts agreed, would contravene directly the right of self-determination and might lead to serious difficulties in the future. Would the President sanction the application of treaties consummated without the knowledge of the United States and in defiance of the principles upon which he ...

— Woodrow Wilson and the World War - A Chronicle of Our Own Times. • Charles Seymour

... forward, more evidence than the nature of the case admits of. We know that words which have identically the same sound and meaning in Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and German, cannot be the same words, because they would contravene those phonetic laws that made these languages to differ from each other. To doom cannot have any connection with the Latin damnare; to call cannot be the Greek kalein, the Latin calare; nor Greek phaulos the German faul; ...

— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller

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