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."
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"Contravene" Quotes from Famous Books — Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson - Volume I • Thomas Jefferson — The Right Stuff - Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton • Ian Hay — The Life of Reason • George Santayana |
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