CONTRAVENES
Verb
contravenes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene
Anagrams
• Covenanters, covenanters
Source: Wiktionary
CONTRAVENE
Con`tra*vene", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contravened; p.pr. & vb.n.
Contravening.] Etym: [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.
Laws that place the subjects in such a state contravene the first
principles of the compact of authority. Johnson.
Syn.
– To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross; obstruct;
baffle; thwart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition