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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
CONTRAVENE, v.t. [L., to come.] Literally, to come against; to meet. Hence, to oppose, but used in a figurative or moral sense; to oppose in principle or effect; to contradict; to obstruct in operation; to defeat; as, a law may contravene the provisions of the constitution.
1913 Definition
To
meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to
oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to
defeat.
So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be
contravened. To violate; to nullify; to be
inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law.
Laws that place the subjects in such a state
contravene the first principles of the compact of
authority. Syn. -- To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross; obstruct; baffle; thwart. | ||||||||
Noah Says...
An attempt to conduct the affairs of a free government with wisdom and impartiality, and to preserve the just rights of all classes of citizens, without the guidance of Divine precepts, will certainly end in disappointment. God is the supreme moral Governor of the world He has made, and as He Himself governs with perfect rectitude, He requires His rational creatures to govern themselves in like manner. If men will not submit to be controlled by His laws, He will punish them by the evils resulting from their own disobedience.…
Letter to David McClure :: October 25, 1837
