Part 2364

<h1>Contrapuntist</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*pun"tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>contrappuntista</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One skilled in counterpoint.</def>

<i>L. Mason.</i>

<h1>Contraremonstrant</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*re*mon"strant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstraint.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>They did the synod wrong to make this distinction of <b>contraremonstrants</b> and remonstrants. <i>Hales.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contrariant</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tra"ri*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>contrarians</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>contrariare</ets> to oppose, fr. L. <ets>contrarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>contrariant</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>contrarier</ets> to contradict. See <er>Contrary</er>.]</ety> <def>Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The struggles of <b>contrariant</b> factions. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contrariantly</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tra"ri*ant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Contrarily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Contraries</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*ries</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/; 48)</tt>, <tt>n. pl. </tt> <ety>[Pl. of <er>Contrary</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.</def>

<blockquote>If two universals differ in quality, they are <b>contraries</b>; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contrariety</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con`tra*ri"e*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Contrarieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>contrarietas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>contrari\'82t\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.</def>

<blockquote>There is a <b>contrariety</b> between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.</def>

<blockquote>How can these <b>contrarieties</b> agree? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.</syn>

<h1>Contrarily</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>or</tt> <def>(<?/), <i>adv</i>. In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.</def>

<h1>Contrariness</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con"tra*ri*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinancy.</def>

<h1>Contrarious</h1> <Xpage=314>

<hw>Con*tra"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>contrariosus</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>contrarios</ets> <ets>contralius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>She flew <b>contrarious</b> in the face of God. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>