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contravene
/ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/
verb 2
Collocations
1(verb.)
ADV
blatantly, clearly
The company clearly contravened environmental regulations when it dumped waste into the river.
Definitions
verb
1
To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
[…] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God,
[…] this Article directly contravenes the Treaty with Portugal […]
2
To deny the truth of something.
1653, William Birchley, The Christian Moderator, Part 3, London: Richard Lowndes, p. 7, […] to make the contravening of Doctrines, to be capitall, before they be fully proved, is prejudiciall to that liberty, without which none can justify himself before God or Man:
To contravene positions, that have been discussed again and again by writers of the first genius and erudition, and to disparage the genuineness of the bible histories wholly and indiscriminately, without some precision of investigation, some specific allegations, founded on the report of authentic documents, is intolerable arrogance […]
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Synonyms
verb — deny the truth of
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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[…] nothing is a commandement, or a commanded dutie but that which if we contravene, it maketh us guilty of sin before God,
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[…] this Article directly contravenes the Treaty with Portugal […]
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I have shown that slavery is wicked […] in that it contravenes the laws of eternal justice, and tramples in the dust all the humane and heavenly precepts of the New Testament.
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This would contravene several articles of the Geneva Convention.
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Nature feigns to contravene her own laws.
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No law enacted by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall contravene this Law.
Tatoeba · #11674435Usage Notes
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