contraeo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

contră-ĕo, īre,

v. n., to go against, to oppose, make resistance (late Lat.; earlier written as two words); with dat.: invidiae, Arn. 1 init. : auctoritati, Hier. Ep. 84 ad Magnum.