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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,049 words match “CONTRA”

CONTRAROTATION n.

Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

CONTRARY a. 9 definitions

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me. Lev. xxvi. 21. We have lost our labor; they are gone a contrary way. Shak.

CONTRAST v. 6 definitions

difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.

CONTRASTIMULANT a. 2 definitions

the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.)

Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. [R.] Contrate wheel. See Crown wheel.

Counter tenor; contralto.

CONTRAVALLATION n.

A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

CONTRAVENE v. 2 definitions

To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey.

One who contravenes.

CONTRAVENTION n.

The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation. Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament. Macaulay. In contravention of all his marriage stipulations. Motley.

CONTRAVERSION n.

A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Congreve.

A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

INCONTRACTED a.

Uncontracted. [Obs.] Blackwall.

PRECONTRACT v. 4 definitions

To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.

SELF-CONTRADICTION n.

The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

SELF-CONTRADICTORY a.

Contradicting one's self or itself.

A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

SUBCONTRACTED a. 2 definitions

Contracted after a former contract.

SUBCONTRACTOR n.

One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.

SUBCONTRARY a. 4 definitions

Contrary in an inferior degree.