Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TRA-VENE'
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CON-TRA-VENE', v.t. [L. contravenio; contra and venio, to come.]
Literally, to come against; to meet. Hence, to oppose, but used in a figurative or moral sense; to oppose in principle or effect; to contradict; to obstruct in operation; to defeat; as, a law may contravene the provisions of the constitution.
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