单词 | e contrario |
释义 | e contrarioadv. Chiefly Logic and Law. 1. From a contrary position; by dint of opposition or antagonism.Used esp. of arguments reasoning from an accepted conclusion to the rejection of its contrary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] > on the other hand again?1531 per contra1554 on the other hand1581 e contrario1583 conversively1607 oppositely1681 convertibly1692 conversely1806 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Cviiv If those that go richely clothed should be esteemed ye rather for their rich apparel, than à contrario must those that go in meane, and base attire, be the more contemned, and despised for their pouertie. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr vii. 199 The Pope forbiddes publique worshippe; and therefore, a Contrario, permits priuate. 1748 A. Lockhart Answers for James Sutherland 6 If the Relict's Possession of the unliferented Lands is in the Eye of the Law the Possession of the apparent Heir, his Possession of the Liferent Lands must è contrario be held to be the Liferentrix's own Possession. 1818 J. Bristed Amer. & her Resources 466 Spain is an awful instance, e contrario, of the truth of the position, that the strength, prosperity, and greatness of a country are intimately connected with the liberty and intelligence of its people. 1957 H. F. Jolowicz Rom. Found. Mod. Law ii. 18 It is also subject to the argument e contrario. Words expressly applying a rule to one case may be held impliedly to exclude it in others. 2003 Artforum Internat. (Nexis) 1 Nov. Jumelle..the only work in the show to include an explicit representation.., recalls a contrario the fundamental figurative dimension of all we have seen elsewhere in the exhibition. 2. Conversely, contrariwise; vice versa. Cf. e contra adv. 1. 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 1599 T. Hill Schoole of Skil ii. 138 The point that to vs is most Easterly, is to them most Westerly, et è contrario. 1725 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored (ed. 2) 184 The Towns to which he referreth us for Example were Metropolies of Kingdoms, not Country Towns..: Whereas our Stone-Heng, è contrario, standeth in a wild Plain, the Metropolis of Old..being not within six Miles of it. 1821 Times 8 Feb. 3 A combined tax, partly on property, and partly on income, and so that the man who contributes by his property is not to contribute in his revenue, and e contrario. 1907 S. Baring-Gould & J. Fisher Lives Brit. Saints I. 122 Whomsoever Molaisse should curse should be cursed also of Maedoc, and likewise e contrario. 1994 A. S. Versnal Transition & Reversal in Myth & Ritual (ed. 2) v. 293 From this kernel the god evolved towards the ‘healer’ (and e contrario the sender of pestiferous arrows). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1583 |
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