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thereby alfo perceive whatfoever is falfe in contradiction 
to it. Grew. 
Can he make deathlefs death ? That were 
Strange contradiction , which to God himfelf 
Impoffible is held ; an argument 
Of weaknefs, not of pow’r. Njilton. 
Contrariety, in thought or eft eft.—All contradictions grow 
in thofe minds, w-hich neither abfolutely climb the rock 
of virtue, rror freely fink into the fea of vanity. Sidney. 
CONTRADIC'TIOUS, adj. Filled with contradic¬ 
tions; inconfifient.—The rules of decency, of govern¬ 
ment, of juftice itfelf, are fo different in one place from 
what they are in another, fo party-coloured and contra¬ 
dictions, that one would think the fpecies of men altered 
according to their climates. Collier. —Inclined to contra¬ 
dict ; given to cavil. Oppofite to ; inconfifient with..—• 
Where the aft is unmanly, and the expectation immo¬ 
ral, or contradictious to the attributes of God, our hopes 
we ought never to entertain. Collier. 
CONTRADIC'TIOUSNESS,/ Inconfiftency; con¬ 
trariety to itfelf.—This opinion was, for its abfurdity 
and contradictioufncfs, unworthy of the refined fpirit of 
Piato. Norris.- —Difpofition to cavil; difputatious temper. 
CONTRADICTORILY, adv. Inconfiftently with 
himfelf; oppolitely to others.—Such as have difcourfed 
hereon, have fo diverfely, contrarily, or contradictorily, 
delivered themfelves, that no affirmative from thence can 
be reafonably deduced. Brown. 
CONTRADIC'TORINESS, J. Oppofition in the 
higheft degree. 
CONTRADIC'TORY, adj. [contradiClorius, Lat.] Op- 
polite to; inconfifient with.—The Jews hold, that in 
cafe two rabbies fhould happen to contradift one an¬ 
other, they were yet bound to believe the contradictory 
affertions of both. South .—The fchemes of thofe are molt 
abfurd, and contradictory to common fenfc. Addifon .-—[In 
logic.] That which is the fulleft oppofition, w here both 
the terms of one propolition are oppofite to thofe of an¬ 
other. 
CONTRADIC'TORY, /! A propofition which op- 
pofes another in all its terms ; contrariety ; inconfif¬ 
tency.—It is common with princes to will contradictories ; 
for it is the foleoifm of pow'er to think to command the 
end, and yet not to endure the means. Bacon. —To alcribe 
unto him a power of eleftion, not to choofe this or that 
indifferently, is to make the fame thing to be determined 
to one, and to be not determined to one, which are con¬ 
tradictories. Bramhall. 
CONTRADISTINCTION, f. Diftinftion by oppo- 
lite qualities.—We mull trace the loul in the ways of 
intelleftual aftions, whereby we may come to the diftinft 
knowledge of what is meant by imagination, in contrad/f- 
tinClion to fome other powers. Glanville.— That there are 
fuch things as fins of infirmity, in contradiJlinClion to thofe 
of prefumption, is a truth not to be queftioned. South. 
To CONTRADISTINGUISH, v. a. To diftinguifii 
not (imply by differential but by oppofite qualities.— 
The primary ideas we have peculiar to body, as contra- 
dijiinguijhed to fpirit, are the cohefion of folid, and con- 
fequently feparable, parts, and a power of communi¬ 
cating motion by impulfe. Thefe arc our complex ideas 
of foul and body, as contradif ingulfed. Locke. 
CQNTR AFIS'SURE, f. Contufions, when great, do 
ufually produce a fillure or crack of the fcull, either in 
the fame part where the blow, was inflifted, and then it 
is called fillure ; or in the ccrftrary part, in which cafe it 
obtains the name of contrafffure. Wifeman. 
CONTRAIER'VA. See Contrayerva. 
To CONTRAIN'DICATE, v. a. [contra and indico, 
Lat.] To point out lome peculiar or incidental fymptom 
or method of cure, contrary to what the general tenor of 
the malady requires!—Vomits have their ufe in this ma¬ 
lady ; but the age and fex of the patient, or other urgent 
or contraindicating fymptoms, muft be obferved. Harvey. 
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CONTR AINDICA'TION,/. An indication or fymp- 
tom, which forbids that to be done which the main fcope 
of a difeafe points out at firft. Quincy. —I endeavour to 
give the moll fimple idea of the aiftemper, and the pro¬ 
per diet: abftrafting from the complications of the firft, 
or the contraindications to the fecond. Arbuthnot. 
CONTRA'IR, adj. [Fr.] Oppofite.—That is contrair 
to mutability, Spenfer. 
To CONTRA'IR, v. a. [ contrarier, Fr.] To oppofe : 
Whofe fubftance thin and flight 
Made no refiftance, ne could her contraire, 
But ready paffage to her pleafure did prepaire. Spenfer. 
CONTRANI'TENCY,y [from command nitens, Lat.] 
Re-aClion ; a refiftency againft preffure. 
CONTRAPOSI'TION,y. A placing over againft. 
CONTR ARE GULA'RITY,y Contrariety to rule. 
—It is not only its not promoting, but its oppoling, or 
at leaftits natural aptnefs to oppofe, the greateft and belt 
of ends; fo that it is not fo properly an irregularity as u 
contraregalarity. Norris. 
CONTRA'RIANT, adj. [ contrariant , from contrarier , 
Fr.] Inconfifient; contradiftory : a term of law.—The 
very depofitions of witr.effes themfelves being falfe, va¬ 
rious, contrariant , fingle, inconcludenr. Aylijfe. 
CONTR A'RIENTS, /. In the reign of Edward II. 
Thomas earl of Lancafter taking part .with the barons 
againft: the king, it was not thought fit, in refpeft of 
their great power, to call them rebels or traitors, but 
contrarients ; and hence we have a record of thofe times, 
called rotulum contrarientium. 
CONTRARIES, f. In logic, propofitions which de- 
ftroy each other, but of which the falfehood of one does 
not eftablilh the truth of the other.—If two univerfals 
differ in quality, they are contraries ; as, every vine is a 
tree, no vine is a tree. Thefe can never be both true to¬ 
gether, but they may be both falfe. Watts. 
CONTRARIETY, f. [from contrarietas, Lat.] Re. 
pugnance ; oppofition.—He which will perfectly recover 
a fick, and reftore a difeafed, body unto health, muft not 
endeavour fo much to bring it to a ftate of fimple con¬ 
trariety, as of fit proportion in contrariety, unto thole evils 
which are to be cured. Hooker. —There is nothing more 
common than contrariety of opinions ; nothing more ob¬ 
vious than that one man wholly dilbelieves what another 
Only doubts of, and a third ftedfaftly believes and firmly 
adheres to. Locke. —Inconfiftency ; quality or pofition de- 
ftruftive of its oppofite : 
He will be here, and yet he is not here ; 
How can thefe contrarieties agree ? Shahfpears. 
CONTR A'RILY, adv. In a manner contrary.—Many 
of them confpire to one and the fame aftion, and all this 
contrarily to the laws of fpecific gravity, in whatever pof- 
ture the body be formed. Ray. —Different ways ; indif¬ 
ferent directions.—Though all men defire happinefs, yet 
their wills carry them fo contrarily , and confequently fome 
of them to what is evil. Locke. 
CONTRA'RINESS,yi Contrariety; oppofition. 
CONTRA'RIOUS, adj. Oppofite; repugnant the one 
to the other.: 
God of our fathers, what is man ! 
That thou towards him, with hands fo various. 
Or might I fay contrarious, 
Temper’d thy providence through his fhort courfe ! Milt . 
CONTRA'RIOUSLY, adv. Oppofitely; contrarily: 
Many things, having full reference 
To one content, may work contrarioujly. Shakefpeare. 
CONTRA'RIWISE, adv. Converfely.—Divers .me¬ 
dicines in greater quantity move ftool, and in fmaller 
urine ; and fo, contrariwife , fome in greater quantity move 
urine, and in fmaller ftool. Bacon. —Every thing that afts 
upon the fluids, muft, at the fame time, aft upon the fo- 
lids. 
