contrariets

[Lot. contrarietas, from contra against.] I. Ondinary Language: 1. The state of being contrary or opposed. "There is nothing more common than contrariety of opinions."-Locke. 2. Repugnance, disagreement, opposition. "He which will perfectly recover a sick, and restore a diseased, body unto health, must not endeavor so much to IMG:content-0804.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0805.png:[blocks in formation] in contrariety unto those which are to be cured." -Hooker. 3. A repugnant or opposed quality; an inconsistency. "All that I have I give thee; and then see All contrarieties unite in thee." Cowper: Translations; The Nativity. 4. A proposition inconsistent with or opposed to another. "He will be here, and yet he is not here: How can these contrarieties agree?" Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt. I. , ii. 3. II. Metaphys.: An a ociative principle of the mind, whereby the presence of cold, for instance, raises the idea of heat, hunger of eating, .