Crossword-Solution: CONTRAVENE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Contravene | v. t. | To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. |
| Contravene | v. t. | To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CONTRAVENE | anagram | COVENANTER |
We have 48 clues for the answer “CONTRAVENE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Infringe (a law) | 1 answer |
| infract | 10 answers |
| Transgress | 15 answers |
| countercheck | 16 answers |
| disaffirm | 22 answers |
| secede | 22 answers |
| CANCEL (OUT) | 22 answers |
| Offset | 24 answers |
| infringe | 25 answers |
| Counterbalance | 26 answers |
| Gainsay | 29 answers |
| Refute | 33 answers |
| Impugn | 34 answers |
| Retract | 38 answers |
| behave badly | 41 answers |
| Violate | 43 answers |
| redress | 44 answers |
| Negate | 45 answers |
| collide | 45 answers |
| Contradict | 45 answers |
| disclaim | 46 answers |
| Abjure | 47 answers |
| Counteract | 49 answers |
| Disown | 50 answers |
| Nullify | 53 answers |
| Mis-behave | 54 answers |
| Neutralise | 56 answers |
| Deny | 58 answers |
| Neutralize | 58 answers |
| Abort | 61 answers |
| Discard | 63 answers |
| Oppose | 64 answers |
| repeal | 64 answers |
| Annul | 64 answers |
| Frustrate | 65 answers |
| De-file? | 68 answers |
| Reverse | 69 answers |
| COMBAT ___ | 72 answers |
| Revolt | 72 answers |
| Reject | 73 answers |
| COUNTER ___ | 77 answers |
| Disturb | 79 answers |
| Negative | 82 answers |
| BALANCE ___ | 83 answers |
| Breach | 83 answers |
| clash | 90 answers |
| BREAK ___ | 105 answers |
| Cross | 120 answers |
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Sentences with CONTRAVENE (5)
Ide shall neglect or contravene either of the above conditions, I hereby revoke the donation and transfer my rights in the said birthday to the President of the United States of America for the time being.
Ide shall neglect or contravene either of the above conditions, I hereby revoke the donation and transfer my rights in the said birthday to the President of the United States of America for the time being: In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of June in the year of grace eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
The No Gas party rested content with chalking ‘No Gas!’ and ‘Down with Gas!’ and other such angry war-whoops, on the few back gates and scraps of wall which the limits of our watering-place afford; but the Gas party printed and posted bills, wherein they took the high ground of proclaiming against the No Gas party, that it was said Let there be light and there was light; and that not to have light (that is gas-light) in our watering-place, was to contravene the great decree.
Then, Don Quixote being vanquished, the bachelor knight was to command him to return to his village and his house, and not quit it for two years, or until he received further orders from him; all which it was clear Don Quixote would unhesitatingly obey, rather than contravene or fail to observe the laws of chivalry; and during the period of his seclusion he might perhaps forget his folly, or there might be an opportunity of discovering some ready remedy for his madness.
Where is he to find a wife? Can the judges contravene the law? Your marriage with Colonel Chabert has priority on its side and every legal right.
Quotes with CONTRAVENE (2)
Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. ... The sensibilities of no two men are the same. Some would refuse to sell property without carefully explaining all about its merits and defects, and putting themselves in the purchasers' place and inquiring if he himself would buy under the circumstances. But such men never would be prosperous merchants.
Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1994).