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To the contrary
Contrary Con"tra*ry, n.; pl. Contraries. 1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities. No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. --Shak. 2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. --Locke. 4. (Logic) See Contraries. 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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