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Contraries
(gcide) | Contraries \Con"tra*ries\ (? or ?; 48), n. pl. [Pl. of
Contrary, n.] (Logic)
Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each
other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish
the truth of the other.
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If two universals differ in quality, they are
contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a
tree. These can never be both true together; but they
may be both false. --I. Watts.
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Contraries
(gcide) | Contrary \Con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. Contraries.
1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
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No contraries hold more antipathy
Than I and such a knave. --Shak.
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2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition
incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather
show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. --Locke.
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4. (Logic) See Contraries.
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On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. --Swift.
To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the
other side. "They did it, not for want of instruction to
the contrary." --Bp. Stillingfleet.
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Subcontraries
(gcide) | Subcontrary \Sub*con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. Subcontraries. (Logic)
A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary
in a lower degree.
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