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contravene

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈviːn/Part of speech verbSorted aceennortvStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. deny the truth of

Word origin

From Middle French contravenir (French contrevenir), from Latin contraveniō.

Used in a sentence

  • […] 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 […]
  • 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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