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† contraˈverse, a. (n.), adv. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. contrāvers-us turned opposite, f. contrā opposite + versus, pa. pple. of vertĕre to turn.]
A. quasi-n. the contraverse: the opposite, the converse.
B. adv. ? In the opposite direction.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. vii, She [Circe] sayd over us the contrauerse of the charme that she had sayde whan she transformed us. c1535Compl. too late maryed (1862) 7 Folyshe regardes..I kest over twarte, and eke contravers. |