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con·tra·vene

(kŏn′trə-vēn′)

tr.v. con·tra·vened, con·tra·ven·ing, con·tra·venes

1. To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate: a sailor who contravened a direct order; a regulation that contravened the new tax policy.

2. To be inconsistent with; be contrary to: "Such a marriage ... contravenes much of what we know about marriages in this period" (Carol Meyers).

[French contrevenir, from Medieval Latin contrāvenīre, to transgress, from Late Latin, to oppose : Latin contrā-, contra- + Latin venīre, to come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

con′tra·ven′er n.

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contravene

(ˌkɒntrəˈviːn)

vb (tr)

1. to come into conflict with or infringe (rules, laws, etc)

2. to dispute or contradict (a statement, proposition, etc)

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

ˌcontraˈvener n

contravention n

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con•tra•vene

(ˌkɒn trəˈvin)

v.t. -vened, -ven•ing.

1. to come or be in conflict with; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.

2. to go or act against; violate: to contravene the law.

[1560–70; < Late Latin contrāvenīre= Latin contrā against + venīre to come]

con`tra•ven′er, n.

contravene

Past participle: contravened
Gerund: contravening

Imperative
contravene
contravene

Present
I contravene
you contravene
he/she/it contravenes
we contravene
you contravene
they contravene

Preterite
I contravened
you contravened
he/she/it contravened
we contravened
you contravened
they contravened

Present Continuous
I am contravening
you are contravening
he/she/it is contravening
we are contravening
you are contravening
they are contravening

Present Perfect
I have contravened
you have contravened
he/she/it has contravened
we have contravened
you have contravened
they have contravened

Past Continuous
I was contravening
you were contravening
he/she/it was contravening
we were contravening
you were contravening
they were contravening

Past Perfect
I had contravened
you had contravened
he/she/it had contravened
we had contravened
you had contravened
they had contravened

Future
I will contravene
you will contravene
he/she/it will contravene
we will contravene
you will contravene
they will contravene

Future Perfect
I will have contravened
you will have contravened
he/she/it will have contravened
we will have contravened
you will have contravened
they will have contravened

Future Continuous
I will be contravening
you will be contravening
he/she/it will be contravening
we will be contravening
you will be contravening
they will be contravening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been contravening
you have been contravening
he/she/it has been contravening
we have been contravening
you have been contravening
they have been contravening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been contravening
you will have been contravening
he/she/it will have been contravening
we will have been contravening
you will have been contravening
they will have been contravening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been contravening
you had been contravening
he/she/it had been contravening
we had been contravening
you had been contravening
they had been contravening

Conditional
I would contravene
you would contravene
he/she/it would contravene
we would contravene
you would contravene
they would contravene

Past Conditional
I would have contravened
you would have contravened
he/she/it would have contravened
we would have contravened
you would have contravened
they would have contravened

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Verb	1.	contravene - go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" infringe, run afoul, conflict breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
	2.	contravene - deny the truth of contradict, negate disagree, take issue, differ, dissent - be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" deny - declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

contravene

verb

1. (Formal) break, violate, go against, infringe, disobey, transgress He said the article did not contravene the industry's code of conduct.

2. conflict with, cross, oppose, interfere with, thwart, contradict, hinder, go against, refute, counteract This deportation order contravenes basic human rights.

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contravene

verb

1. To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation):

breach, break, infringe, transgress, violate.

2. To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of:

contradict, controvert, deny, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, oppugn.

Law: traverse.

Translations

يُخالِف القانون

jednat protiporušit

brydehandle imodovertræde

zuwiderhandeln

contrarier contrevenir

brjóta gegn

contravvenire violazione

pažeidimaspažeisti

pārkāpt

bestride imøtegå overtre

karşı gelmek/koymak

违反

contravene

[ˌkɒntrəˈviːn] VT (= infringe) [+ law] → contravenir; (= go against) → ir en contra de; (= dispute) → oponerse a

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contravene

[ˌkɒntrəˈviːn] vt [+ rules, law] → enfreindre, contrevenir à

contravene

vt law, custom etc (action, behaviour) → verstoßen gegen, verletzen; (person also) → zuwiderhandeln (+dat)

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contravene

[ˌkɒntrəˈviːn] vt (frm) → contravvenire a

contravene

(kontrəˈviːn) verb

to go against or break (a law, principle etc).

ˌcontraˈvention (-ˈvenʃən) noun

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"I have been under a mistake all this time," answered Don Quixote, "for in truth I thought it was a castle, and not a bad one; but since it appears that it is not a castle but an inn, all that can be done now is that you should excuse the payment, for I cannot contravene the rule of knights-errant, of whom I know as a fact (and up to the present I have read nothing to the contrary) that they never paid for lodging or anything else in the inn where they might be; for any hospitality that might be offered them is their due by law and right in return for the insufferable toil they endure in seeking adventures by night and by day, in summer and in winter, on foot and on horseback, in hunger and thirst, cold and heat, exposed to all the inclemencies of heaven and all the hardships of earth."

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She knew that it was all sentiment, all baseless impressibility, which had caused her to read the scene as her own condemnation; nevertheless she could not get over it; she could not contravene in her own defenceless person all those untoward omens.

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It would have been to contravene these arrangements if Rosamond had consented to go away to Stone Court or elsewhere, as her parents wished her to do, especially since Mr.

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Nature is always consistent, though she feigns to contravene her own laws.

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