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Webster 1913 Edition

Contravene

Conˊtra-vene′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Contravened
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Contravening
.]
[LL.
contravenire
; L.
contra + venire
to come: cf. F.
contrevenir
. See
Come
.]
1.
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
.
Southey.
2.
To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with;
as, to
contravene
a law
.
Syn. – To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross; obstruct; baffle; thwart.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contravene

CONTRAVENE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., 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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