单词 | contrair |
释义 | † contrairadj.n.adv.prep. Chiefly Scottish; now only dialect. A. adj. contrary adj., n., adv., and prep., opposed, opposite. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] contrariousc1290 contraryinga1340 contrary1340 adversarya1382 overthwartc1384 contrairc1400 contrariantc1400 adverse1418 repugnantc1443 thwarting1530 pugnant1537 opposite1577 haggard1578 impugnant1579 kim-kam1582 antagonist1591 adversative1595 counter1596 opposing1597 antipathetical1601 thwart1601 aversed1609 aversive1609 adversarious1622 averse1623 antipathousa1625 inimicitious1641 opponent1641 negative1642 gainstanding1674 antithetic1753 opposed1784 oppositional1829 transversive1855 oppositionary1905 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] contrarious1340 contraryc1340 contrairc1400 repugnant1425 reverse1481 contrariant1530 cross1565 obversant1579 thwart1601 retrogradea1616 pugnant1645 antipathic1830 antithetical1848 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable contrariousc1320 bada1325 contraryinga1340 adversea1393 frowarda1400 contrairc1400 fremd1423 adversant?a1425 sinister1432 perversea1450 undisposed1456 sinistral?a1475 contrary1477 favourless1509 unfriendlya1513 thwarting1530 wayward?1544 contrariant1548 disfavourable1561 cross1565 unindifferent1565 sinistrous1566 haggard1578 unkindly1579 backward1582 awkward1587 improsperous1598 thwart1610 unpropitious1613 averted1619 untoward1621 averse1623 impropitious1638 sinister1726 unfavourable1748 untowardly1756 unfavouring1835 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 266 [Þay] controeued agayn kynde contrare werkez. c1400 Rom. Rose 5414 Froward Fortune and contraire. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxv How Troilus was contrayre For to ascende up on loue stayre. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 129 b Contrar to pryde is humilitie. 1629 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. vi. 50 I fear the Lord be my contrair party. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 28 The contrary party was too strong for them. 1707 Duke of Athol in Vulpone 21 Which..is contrair to the Fundamental Laws of this Nation. 1801 R. Gall Tint Quey 173 He was as contrair's night's frae day. B. n. a. The opposite or contrary adj., n., adv., and prep. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > the contrary the contraryc1250 contrairc1386 contradictory1840 counter1871 c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 267 It is reproef, and contrair of honour, For to be halde a comun hasardour. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 461 To weng ye harme and ye contrer At yat fele folk and pautener Dyd till sympill folk. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. B2 Wo be to thame, that dois knaw Godds wourd, syne dois the contrar schaw. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 7 To obey God..rather then man commanding the contraire. b. by or to the contrair: on the contrary. in the contrair: on or to the contrary. in (the) contrair of or to: in opposition to, in spite of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary thereagaina1023 here-againc1200 here-againsta1250 contra1362 againwardc1384 otherwisea1393 on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393 thereagainsta1400 in the contrairc1400 in opposite?a1425 e conversoc1425 contrariwise1480 again?1531 contrarilyc1540 contrary1549 per contra1554 contrariways1588 contradistinctly1623 by or to the contrair1640 counter1662 oppositely1681 on the reverse1753 e contra1815 obversely1869 the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > to the contrary to (in) the contrary1512 in the contrairc1565 e contra1782 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 4 Fayre formez myȝt he fynde..& in þe contrare, kark & combraunce huge. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 1073 in Poems (1981) 44 This hound off hell, He werryit hes my lamb..in contrair to ȝour cry. c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (Jam.) Schamfullie hanged..notwithstanding the kingis commandement in the contrair. a1587 Mary Queen of Scots in Keith Hist. 333 (Jam.) In case he permitted thir lords to prevail in our contrare. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 18 Dec. (1855) 140 He never concurred in nothing that concernes the publict, bot be the contrair doeth controll the parochinares proceidings. 1641 Act of Oblivion in Neal Hist. Purit. (1733) II. 483 His Majesty..promises..never to come in the Contrair of this Statute. 1748 Lady J. Douglas Stewart Let. Dk. Douglas 7 Aug. (1767) 3 But to the contrair have regretted my ill fortune. C. adv. Contrariwise. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > vice versa againwardslOE againward1340 econtrary1512 arsy-versy1542 econverse1547 e contra1548 contrariwise1570 contrair1596 e contrario1599 vice versa1601 backward1607 conversively1607 contrarily1656 convertibly1692 the other way1692 reversely1726 conversely1806 vicey-versey1858 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 20 This kynde is verie rid, with black spotis amang, or contrare. D. prep. Against, in opposition to. ΚΠ a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 658 That is al contrare our entent. 1578 Psalm lxxvii, in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 110 Speikand contrair thy godly Majesty. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 18 Dec. (1855) 140 Ane ordinar murmurer..contraire the proceidings of the Estaites. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † contrairv. Obsolete. transitive. To oppose, thwart. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xiv. 24 Thare wes na man þat wald contrare This Byschope in-til word or deyde. 1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) i. 328 Saynt Iames onely contrareth that that may be..mystaken in saynt Paule. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 149 Some [conjunctions] betoken contraring, as neverthelesse. 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 87 Not able to contraire The will of her victorious passion. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. l If to contrair the holy tongue should be Absurd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.adv.prep.c1386v.c1425 |
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