Contravene, v. a. Oppose, contradict, counteract, countervail, thwart, nullify, abrogate, annul, cross, traverse, obstruct, defeat, hinder, go against, clash with, run counter to, militate against.
Contravention, n. Contradiction, opposition, obstruction, violation, abrogation, transgression, traversal.
Contretemps, n. [Fr.] Mishap, mischance, accident.
Contribute, v. a.
- 1. Give (in common with others), grant or bestow (as a share).
- 2. Furnish, supply, afford.
Contribute, v. n. Conduce, minister, conspire, co-operate, concur, bear a part, be helpful.
Contribution, n.
- 1. Grant or bestowment of a share.
- 2. Gift, donation, offering, subscription.
Contrite, a. Penitent, repentant, humble, broken in spirit.
Contrition, n. Penitence, compunction, remorse, repentance, sorrow, regret, self-condemnation, self- reproach, stings of conscience, sorrow for sin.
Contrivance, n.
- 1. Design, designing power, inventiveness, invention.
- 2. Invention, device, piece of mechanism, machine.
- 3. Device, scheme, plan, plot, artifice, stratagem, complot, machination.
Contrive, v. a. Devise, plan, design, invent, project, hatch, brew, form, frame, concoct, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out.
Contrive, v. n.
- 1. Scheme, plot, plan, consider, set one’s wits to work, rack one’s brains, cudget one’s brains, strain
one’s invention, cast about.
- 2. Manage, make out.
Control, n. Ascendency, sway, command, rule, dominion government, mastery, superintendence, direction.