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<h1>Contrahent</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*hent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contrahens</ets>, p.pr. See <er>Contract</er>.]</ety> <def>Entering into covenant; contracting; <as>as, <ex>contrahent</ex> parties</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mede.</i>

<h1>Contraindicant</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*in"di*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Contraindicate</h1> <Xpage=314>

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

<blockquote><b>Contraindicating</b> symptoms must be observed. <i>Harvey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contraindication</h1> <Xpage=314>

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

<h1>Contralto</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tral"to</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. <ets>contra</ets> + <ets>alto</ets>. See <er>Alto</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>the voice or singer performing this part; <as>as, her voice is a <ex>contralto</ex>; she is a <ex>contralto</ex>.</as></def>

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

<h1>Contralto</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tral"to</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; <as>as, a <ex>contralto</ex> voice</as>.</def>

<h1>Contramure</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*mure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Countermure</er>.]</ety> <fld>(fort.)</fld> <def>An outer wall.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chambers.</i>

<h1>Contranatural</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*nat"u*ral</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Counternatural</er>.]</ety> <def>Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Rust.</i>

<h1>Contraposition</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>contra-</ets> + <ets>position</ets>: cf. f. <ets>conterposition</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A placing over against; opposite position.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>F. Potter.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; <it>e.g.</it>: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.</def>

<h1>Contrapuntal</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*pun"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>contrappunto</ets> counterpoint. See <er>Counterpoint</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.</def>