per contra

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per contra

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Borrowed from Latin per contra.

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  1. archaic, not comparable in contrast, on the contrary Lord Oxford has been a twelvemonth in Herefordshire, as far from us, literally, though not geographically, as if he had been with you in Ireland. He has writ no more to us, than if we were still ministers of state. But, in the balance of account, per contra, I have lord Harley at London; and have ei

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@misc{per_contra_2026,
  title = {per contra},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/per%20contra},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}