Obs. rare. Also contro-. [f. CONTRAVENE + -ARY, after adversary.] = CONTRAVENER.
1614. Jackson, Creed, III. v. Wks. II. 228. To terrify all contravenaries of this decree. Ibid. (c. 1630), V. xix. Wks. IV. 172. He and his followers must be wisdom’s children; their controvenaries sons of folly.
