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Webster 1913 Edition

Contraries

Con′tra-ries

(? or [GREEK]; 48)
,
Noun.
pl.
[Pl. of
Contrary
,
Noun.
]
(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

contraríes

contraríes

Spanish

Verb

contraríes

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of contrariar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of contrariar.

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