contraries

contraries

1. plural of contrary
   • 1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara‎:

     Things might go by contraries, she thought.

   • 1893, Richard Falckenberg, History Of Modern Philosophy‎:

     Ambition, luxury, drunkenness, avarice, and lust have no contraries, for temperance, sobriety, and chastity are not emotions (passive states), but denote the power of the soul by which the former are moderated, and which is discussed later under the name fortitudo.

   • 1812, Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner, Vol. 1‎:

     Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.

• cinerators

contraries

1. second-person singular present indicative of contrarier
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of contrarier

• contraires, contrerais, racornîtes, tracerions

contraries

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of contrariar
2. second-person singular negative imperative of contrariar