Middle English Dictionary Entry
contrā adv. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | contrā adv. & n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) On the opposite side; (b) short for L contrā dīcō, I deny it; (c) as noun: a denial or objection; the pro and the ~.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)92a/b : If it may not be mundified by þe vppermore partie, many men counsaileþ þat it be contra opned bi þe lawer partie.
b
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)9.16 : 'Contra,' quod I as a Clerk and comsede to dispuite.
c
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)256 : Yf þou reste wilnest, Cumpaignye with no contra yn no kynnes wise.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)300 : Rehershyng þe reasons of bothe two sides, The pro and þe contra, as clergie askith.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2577 : That I may the bet perseyve al inconvenience, Dout, pro, contra, and anbiguite.