the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > instance or act of
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [noun] > act of hostility
c1386 G. Chaucer ⁋314 Þat right as þay han do me a contrarie, right so schold I do hem anoþer.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cxlvi. 174 They of Calays hathe done hym suche contraryes and dispyghtes.
c1565 R. Lindsay (1728) 5 Archibald, earl of Douglas would concur with the chancellor in their contrary.