Obs. or dial. Also 4–5 -iand, -iende. [f. as prec. + -ING2.]
1. Opposing; antagonistic, hostile; contradictory; unfavorable, untoward; = CONTRARIANT.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, viii. 5. All þat ere contrariand til þe.
1393. Gower, Conf., Prol. I. 22. Fortune was contrariende.
1458. in Test. Ebor. (Surtees), 229. Any contrariand thyngg.
1586. A. Day, Eng. Secretary, II. (1625), 32. Nor any thing more contrarying, then to be touched with discurtesies.
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, I. xlv. 72. Contrarying passions.
2. quasi-adv. (cf. ACCORDING adv. 4) Contrarying to: in opposition to, going against.
1382. Wyclif, Deut. i. 43. But contrariynge to the heest of the Lord … ȝe stieden up.
1549. Latimer, 5th Serm. bef. Edw. VI. (Arb.), 157. To chose a Kynge contraryinge the ordinaunce of God.
1586. A. Day, Eng. Secretary, II. (1625), 7. If I find … more equitie to charge him, contrarying to that which already hath beene answered by him, he shall, [etc.].
