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Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray.

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.

A contradicter.

In a contradictory manner. Sharp.

The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency. J. Whitaker.

a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South.

One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.

joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive. Milton. Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman. Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. Wh…

One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.

Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.

A cuckold maker. [R.] Jordan.

A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.

One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.

Containing or making correction; corrective.

Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.

A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] Burrill.

The party who makes a covenant. Burrill.

se. Shak. The poets and artists of Greece, who are at the same time its prophets, the creators of its divinities, and the revealers of its theological beliefs. Caird.

State or condition of a creator.