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Webster 1913 Edition

Contraries

Con′tra-ries

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Noun.
pl.
[Pl. of
Contrary
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Noun.
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(Logic)
Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.
If two universals differ in quality, they are
contraries
; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.
I. Watts.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contraries

CONTRARIES

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Noun.
[See Contrary.] In logic, propositions which destroy each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.
If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.

Definition 2024

contraries

contraries

English

Noun

contraries

  1. plural of contrary
    • 1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara:
      Things might go by contraries, she thought.
    • 1893, Richard Falckenberg, History Of Modern Philosophy:
      Ambition, luxury, drunkenness, avarice, and lust have no contraries, for temperance, sobriety, and chastity are not emotions (passive states), but denote the power of the soul by which the former are moderated, and which is discussed later under the name fortitudo.
    • 1812, Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner, Vol. 1:
      Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.

French

Verb

contraries

  1. second-person singular present indicative of contrarier
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of contrarier

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

contraries

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of contrariar
  2. second-person singular negative imperative of contrariar

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