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Contra
(gcide) | Contra \Con"tra\
A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary,
in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the
composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. &
pref.
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CONTRA
(bouvier) | CONTRA. Over; against; opposite to anything: as, such a case lays down a
certain principle; such other case, contra.
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contract
(mass) | contract
- kontrakt, zmluva, vstúpiť do zmluvného vzťahu, zazmluvniť |
contraction
(mass) | contraction
- sťah, stiahnutie |
contractor
(mass) | contractor
- dodávateľ |
contractual
(mass) | contractual
- zmluvný |
contradict
(mass) | contradict
- byť v rozpore, odporovať, popierať, protirečiť |
contrary
(mass) | contrary
- opačný, opak |
contrast
(mass) | contrast
- protiklad, rozpor, kontrast, kontrastovať |
subcontract
(mass) | subcontract
- dodatok |
alto contralto
(gcide) | low-pitched \low-pitched\ adj.
1. low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of high-pitched. [Narrower terms: {alto,
contralto ; {baritone ; {bass, deep ; {contrabass,
double-bass ; {throaty ]
Syn: low.
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2. set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch;
as, a low-pitched roof.
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Consensual contract
(gcide) | Consensual \Con*sen"su*al\, a. [See Consent, v. i., and cf.
Sensual.]
1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or
more parties.
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2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or
reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as,
consensual motions.
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Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by
consent, as a marriage contract.
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Contra
(gcide) | Contra \Con"tra\
A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary,
in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the
composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. &
pref.
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Contraband
(gcide) | Contraband \Con"tra*band\, n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando
ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
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Persons the most bound in duty to prevent
contraband, and the most interested in the seizures.
--Burke.
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2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of
which is forbidden.
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3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was
brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered
contraband of war. [U.S.]
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Contraband of war, that which, according to international
law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at
the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved
belligerent. --Wharton.
[1913 Webster]Contraband \Con"tra*band\, a.
Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as,
contraband goods, or trade.
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The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure,
with the fair trade. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Contraband \Con"tra*band\, v. t.
1. To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.
[Obs.] --Johnson.
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2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.]
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The law severly contrabands
Our taking business of men's hands. --Hudibras.
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Contraband of war
(gcide) | Contraband \Con"tra*band\, n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando
ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
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Persons the most bound in duty to prevent
contraband, and the most interested in the seizures.
--Burke.
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2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of
which is forbidden.
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3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was
brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered
contraband of war. [U.S.]
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Contraband of war, that which, according to international
law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at
the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved
belligerent. --Wharton.
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Contrabandism
(gcide) | Contrabandism \Con"tra*band*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n.
Traffic in contraband goods; smuggling.
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Contrabandist
(gcide) | Contrabandist \Con"tra*band`ist\, n.
One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.
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Contrabass
(gcide) | Contrabass \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.)
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the
double bass; -- also applied to any instrument of the same
deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
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contrabass double-bass
(gcide) | low-pitched \low-pitched\ adj.
1. low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of high-pitched. [Narrower terms: {alto,
contralto ; {baritone ; {bass, deep ; {contrabass,
double-bass ; {throaty ]
Syn: low.
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2. set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch;
as, a low-pitched roof.
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Contrabasso
(gcide) | Contrabasso \Con`tra*bas"so\, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
[1913 Webster]Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See Base, a.] (Mus.)
(a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b) One who sings the lowest part.
(c) The double bass, or contrabasso.
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Basso continuo. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
written out continuously, while the other parts of the
harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
continued bass.
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contrabasso
(gcide) | Contrabasso \Con`tra*bas"so\, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
[1913 Webster]Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See Base, a.] (Mus.)
(a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b) One who sings the lowest part.
(c) The double bass, or contrabasso.
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Basso continuo. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
written out continuously, while the other parts of the
harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
continued bass.
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contraception
(gcide) | contraception \contraception\ n.
the intentional prevention of conception or impregnation,
especially when accomplished by the use of contraceptive
medications or devices; a form of birth control.
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contraceptive
(gcide) | contraceptive \contraceptive\ adj.
capable of preventing conception or impregnation; as,
contraceptive devices and medications.
Syn: prophylactic.
[WordNet 1.5]contraceptive \contraceptive\ n.
a substance or device used to prevent conception.
Syn: preventive, preventative, contraceptive device,
prophylactic device, prophylactic.
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contraclockwise
(gcide) | contraclockwise \contraclockwise\ adj.
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a
clock; counterclockwise. Opposite of clockwise. [Also See:
sinistral.]
Syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise.
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Contract
(gcide) | Contract \Con"tract\ (k[o^]n"tr[a^]kt), n. [L. contractus, fr.
contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also contract.]
1. (Law) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a
sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain
from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party
undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a
formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.
--Wharton.
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2. A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties,
with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof
of the obligation.
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3. The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.
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This is the the night of the contract. --Longwellow.
Syn: Covenant; agreement; compact; stipulation; bargain;
arrangement; obligation. See Covenant.
[1913 Webster]Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
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4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
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We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
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Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
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5. To betroth; to affiance.
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The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
--Shak.
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6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
[1913 Webster]Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. i.
1. To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or
extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in
duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts
when wet.
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Years contracting to a moment. --Wordsworth.
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2. To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain;
as, to contract for carrying the mail.
[1913 Webster]Contract \Con"tract\ (k[o^]n"tr[a^]kt), a.
Contracted; as, a contract verb. --Goodwin.
[1913 Webster]Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), a. [L. contractus, p.
p.]
Contracted; affianced; betrothed. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Contract system
(gcide) | Contract system \Con"tract sys"tem\
1. The sweating system.
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2. The system of employing convicts by selling their labor
(to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per
day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the
prison to superintend the work.
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Contract tablet
(gcide) | Contract tablet \Con"tract tablet\ (Babylonian & Assyrian
Antiq.)
A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe
keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often
called the envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of
the inscription on the inclosed tablet.
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contractable
(gcide) | contractable \con*tract"a*ble\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"[.a]*b'l), adj.
capable of being transmitted by infection; same as
communicable, 1; -- of disease.
Syn: catching, communicable, contagious, transmissible,
transmittable.
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Contracted
(gcide) | Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
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4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
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We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
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Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
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5. To betroth; to affiance.
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The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
--Shak.
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6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
[1913 Webster]Contracted \Con*tract"ed\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"[e^]d), a.
1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a
contracted brow; a contracted noun.
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2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind;
contracted views.
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3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
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Inquire me out contracted bachelors. --Shak.
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Contractedness
(gcide) | Contractedness \Con*tract"ed*ness\, n.
The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness;
selfishness.
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Contractibility
(gcide) | Contractibility \Con*tract`i*bil"i*ty\, n.
Capability of being contracted; quality of being
contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of
air. --Arbuthnot.
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Contractible
(gcide) | Contractible \Con*tract"i*ble\, a.
Capable of contraction.
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Small air bladders distable and contractible.
--Arbuthnot.
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Contractibleness
(gcide) | Contractibleness \Con*tract"i*ble*ness\, n.
Contractibility.
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Contractile
(gcide) | Contractile \Con*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. contractile.]
tending to contract; having the power or property of
contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller
dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
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The heart's contractile force. --H. Brooke.
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Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile
substance. --Hixley.
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Contractile vacuole (Zool.), a pulsating cavity in the
interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in
function. There may be one, two, or more.
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Contractile vacuole
(gcide) | Vacuole \Vac"u*ole\, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.]
(Biol.)
A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of
organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery
liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell
protoplasm.
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Contractile vacuole. (Zool.) See under Contractile, and
see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.
Food vacuole. (Zool.) See under Food, and see Illust. of
Infusoria.
[1913 Webster]Contractile \Con*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. contractile.]
tending to contract; having the power or property of
contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller
dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
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The heart's contractile force. --H. Brooke.
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Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile
substance. --Hixley.
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Contractile vacuole (Zool.), a pulsating cavity in the
interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in
function. There may be one, two, or more.
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Contractility
(gcide) | Contractility \Con`trac*til"i*ty\, n.
1. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or
contract.
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2. (Physiol.) The power possessed by the fibers of living
muscle of contracting or shortening.
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Note: When subject to the will, as in the muscles of
locomotion, such power is called voluntary
contractility; when not controlled by the will, as in
the muscles of the heart, it is involuntary
contractility.
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Contracting
(gcide) | Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
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4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
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We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
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Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
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5. To betroth; to affiance.
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The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
--Shak.
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6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
[1913 Webster]contracting \contracting\ n.
the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease;
contraction; as, the contracting of a serious illness can be
financially catastrophic.
Syn: catching.
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contracting
(gcide) | Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
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4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
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We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
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Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
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5. To betroth; to affiance.
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The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
--Shak.
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6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
[1913 Webster]contracting \contracting\ n.
the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease;
contraction; as, the contracting of a serious illness can be
financially catastrophic.
Syn: catching.
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Contraction
(gcide) | Contraction \Con*trac"tion\, n. [L. contractio: cf. F.
contraction.]
1. The act or process of contracting, shortening, or
shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction
of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the
contraction produced by cold.
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2. (Math.) The process of shortening an operation.
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3. The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as
liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of
becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.
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4. Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase;
-- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for
criminal conversation, etc.
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5. (Gram.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the
omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or
more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never;
can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.
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6. A marriage contract. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Contractive
(gcide) | Contractive \Con*tract"ive\, a.
Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of
contracting.
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Contractor
(gcide) | Contractor \Con*tract"or\, n. [L.]
One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who
covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who
contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a
certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a
railroad.
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Contracture
(gcide) | Contracture \Con*trac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. contractura a
drawing together.] (Med.)
A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles,
generally of the flexor muscles.
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Contradance
(gcide) | Contradance \Con"tra*dance`\, n. [Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F.
contrdance. Cf. Country-dance.]
A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or
in opposite lines.
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Contradict
(gcide) | Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i.
To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the
contrary of, something.
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They . . . spake against those things which were spoken
by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. --Acts xiii.
45.
[1913 Webster]Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
Diction.]
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
statement or a speaker; to impugn.
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Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
And say it is not so. --Shak.
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The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
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No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
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A greater power than we can contradict
Hath thwarted our intents. --Shak.
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Contradictable
(gcide) | Contradictable \Con`tra*dict"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being contradicted.
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Contradicted
(gcide) | Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
Diction.]
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
statement or a speaker; to impugn.
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Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
And say it is not so. --Shak.
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The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
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No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
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A greater power than we can contradict
Hath thwarted our intents. --Shak.
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Contradicter
(gcide) | Contradicter \Con`tra*dict"er\, n.
one who contradicts. --Swift.
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Contradicting
(gcide) | Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
Diction.]
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
statement or a speaker; to impugn.
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Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
And say it is not so. --Shak.
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The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
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No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
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A greater power than we can contradict
Hath thwarted our intents. --Shak.
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Contradiction
(gcide) | Contradiction \Con`tra*dic"tion\, n. [L. contradictio answer,
objection: cf. F. contradiction.]
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or
affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion;
contrary declaration; gainsaying.
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His fair demands
Shall be accomplished without contradiction. --Shak.
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2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency;
incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is
inconsistent.
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can he make deathless death? That were to make
Strange contradiction. --Milton.
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We state our experience and then we come to a manly
resolution of acting in contradiction to it.
--Burke.
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Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be
true. --Hobbes.
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Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth.
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Principle of contradiction (Logic), the axiom or law of
thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same
time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same
attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and
denied of the same subject; also called the {law of the
excluded middle}.
Note: It develops itself in three specific forms which have
been called the "Three Logical Axioms." First, "A is
A." Second, "A is not Not-A" Third, "Everything is
either A or Not-A."
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Contradictional
(gcide) | Contradictional \Con`tra*dic"tion*al\, a.
Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing. [R.] --Milton.
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Contradictious
(gcide) | Contradictious \Con`tra*dic"tious\, a.
1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent. [Obs.]
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2. Inclined to contradict or cavil [Obs.] --Sharp. --
Con`tra*dic"tious*ness, n. --Norris.
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Contradictiousness
(gcide) | Contradictious \Con`tra*dic"tious\, a.
1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent. [Obs.]
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2. Inclined to contradict or cavil [Obs.] --Sharp. --
Con`tra*dic"tious*ness, n. --Norris.
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Contradictive
(gcide) | Contradictive \Con`tra*dict"ive\, a.
Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv.
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Contradictively
(gcide) | Contradictive \Con`tra*dict"ive\, a.
Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv.
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Contradictor
(gcide) | Contradictor \Con`tra*dict"or\, n. [L.]
A contradicter.
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Contradictories
(gcide) | Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. Contradictories.
1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
contrariety.
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It is common with princes to will contradictories.
--Bacon.
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2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed
to each other both in quality and quantity.
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Contradictorily
(gcide) | Contradictorily \Con`tra*dict"o*ri*ly\, adv.
In a contradictory manner. --Sharp.
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Contradictoriness
(gcide) | Contradictoriness \Con"tra*dict`o*ri*ness\, n.
The quality of being contradictory; opposition;
inconsistency. --J. Whitaker.
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Contradictory
(gcide) | Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. Contradictories.
1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another;
contrariety.
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It is common with princes to will contradictories.
--Bacon.
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2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed
to each other both in quality and quantity.
[1913 Webster]Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, a. [LL. contradictorius: cf.
F. contradictoire.]
1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been
asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent.
"Contradictory assertions." --South.
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2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.
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Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense.
--Addisn.
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Contradistinct
(gcide) | Contradistinct \Con`tra*dis*tinct"\, a.
Distinguished by opposite qualities. --J. Goodwin.
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Contradistinction
(gcide) | Contradistinction \Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion\, n.
Distinction by contrast.
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That there are such things as sins of infirmity in
contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be
questioned. --South.
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Contradistinctive
(gcide) | Contradistinctive \Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive\, a.
having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by
contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.
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Contradistinguish
(gcide) | Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Contradistinguished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contradistinguishing.]
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
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These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as
contradistinguished. --Locke.
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Contradistinguished
(gcide) | Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Contradistinguished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contradistinguishing.]
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
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These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as
contradistinguished. --Locke.
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Contradistinguishing
(gcide) | Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Contradistinguished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contradistinguishing.]
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
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These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as
contradistinguished. --Locke.
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Contrafagetto
(gcide) | Contrafagetto \Con`tra*fa*get"to\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.
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Contrafissure
(gcide) | Contrafissure \Con`tra*fis"sure\ (?; 135), n. (Med.)
A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which
received the blow, or at some distance from it. --Coxe.
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Contrahent
(gcide) | Contrahent \Con"tra*hent\, a. [L. contrahens, p. pr. See
Contract.]
Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties.
[Obs.] --Mede.
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