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Con`tra*dict"ive (?), a. Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv.

Con`tra*dict"or (?), n. [L.] A contradicter.

Con`tra*dict"o*ri*ly (?), adv. In a contradictory manner. Sharp.

Con"tra*dict`o*ri*ness, n. The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency. J. Whitaker.

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.

2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.

Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. Addisn.

Con`tra*dict"o*ry, n.; pl. Contradictories (&?;). 1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.

It is common with princes to will contradictories. Bacon.

2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.

Con`tra*dis*tinct" (?), a. Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.

Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion (?), n. Distinction by contrast.

That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive (?), a. having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

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.

These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

Con`tra*fa*get"to (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

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.

Con"tra*hent (?), a. [L. contrahens, p. pr. See Contract.] Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.

Con"tra*in"di*cant (?), n. (Med.) Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed. Burke.

Con"tra*in*"di*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contraindicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Contraindicating (?).] (Med.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.

Contraindicating symptoms must be observed. Harvey.

Con"tra*in`di*ca"tion (?), n. (med.) An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

Con*tral"to (? or &?;), n. [It., fr. contra + alto. See Alto.] (Mus.) (a) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor. (b) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto.

&fist; The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it embraces two octaves.

Con*tral"to (? or &?;), a. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.

Con"tra*mure (?), n. [Cf. Countermure.] (fort.) An outer wall. [Obs.] Chambers.

Con"tra*nat"u*ral (?; 135), a. [Cf. Counternatural.] Opposed to or against nature; unnatural. [R.] Bp. Rust.