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Show Co He that believes it, and yet lives eontrary to it knows that he hath no reafon for what he does Tillotfon The various and contrary choices that men mak in the world, do not argue that t_hey_ do not al purfue good but that the fame thing is not goo Lock . toevery man alike 3. Adverfe; in an oppofite direction The fhip was in the midft of the fea, toffed wit the waves ; for the wind was contrary Matthe XiV. 2 Co'NTRARY 7. /. [from the adje&tive. 1. A thing of oppofite qualities No contraries hold more antipathy 8hakefp, King Lear Than I and fuch a knave He fun ‘Why contraries feed thunder in the cloud Cowley's Dawvideis Honour fhould be concern'd in honour's caufe "That is not to be cur'd by contrarics As bodies are, whofe health is often draw From rankeft poifons Southern's Oroonoko firft-born do rather fhe an th Locke In oppofition; o the other fide The king's attorney, on the contrary Urg'd on examinations, proofs, confeflions Shakefpeare's Henry VIII Of diverfe witnefles If juftice ftood on the fide of th it ought to give good men pleafure t thould take place; but when, on th -commonweal of a whole nation i fingle perfon fee that righ contrary, th overborn b private intereft, what good man but muft lament Savift 4. 7o the ConTrarRY. To a contrar purpofe ; to an oppofite intent They did it, not for want of inftru&ion #o th contrary Stilling flect 7o CO'NTRARY. @. a. [contrarier, Fr. To oppofe ; to thwart ; to contradiét ‘When I came to court, I was advifed not to con ¢rary the king Finding in hi further contrar medicine it Latimer the force of it, he would n it, bu employ all his' fervic CO'NTRAST. #. /. [contrafte, Fr. pofition an t Sidney Op diffimilitude of figures, b which one contributes to the vifibility or effe&t of another Yo CONTRA'ST. v. 4. [from the noun. 1. To place in oppofition, fo that on figure fhews another to advantage 2. To fhew another figure to advantage b its colour or fituation . The figures of the groups muft not be all on fide, that is, with their faces and bodies all turne Dryden up by the befiegers, round a city, t hinder the fallies of the garrifon Mb" fi! _When the late czar of Mufcovy firft acquainte himfelf with mathematical learning, he pracife all the rules of circumvallation and contrawallatio at the fiege of a town in Livonia Warts's Legic 79 CONTRAVE'NE. «. a. [contra an wenio, Lat.] To oppofe ; to obftru@ ; t baflle Conrrave'NER. 2 [ [from contravene. He who oppofes another ii? Conrtrave'NTION. 2. /i [French. a name by which the Spa niards call blac hellebore and per haps, {ometimes poifon in general.] {pecies of birthwort growing in Jamaica where it is much ufed as an alexipharmick Miller CoNTRECTA TION. 7. /. [contreftatio, Latin.] A touching or handling Dié CoNTRI'BUTARY. adj. [from con and tributary.] Paying tribute to the fame fovereign Thus we are engaged in the objects of geometr and arithmetick yea, th whol mathematick muft be contributary, and to them all nature pays fubfidy Glanwille's Scepfis Whatever praifes may be given to works o judgment, there is not even a fingle beauty in the to which the invention muft not contribute Pope's Effay on Homer ConNTRIBU'TION. 7 /. [from contribyte. 1. The a& of promoting fome defign i conjunétion with other perfons 2, That which is given by feveral hand for fome common purpofe to mzk melancholy Mo and darknefs are le or no aéti Blacknef therefore do contriftatz but very little ufed it privatives an Hiftu Bacon's CoNTrisTA TION. . /. [fro The a& of making fad e orfron forrow being made fa contriffate. the ftate o heavidefsel o lo heart'; {adnefs ; forrowfulnefs ; gloomi nefs ; grief; moan; mournfulnefs ; trouble; difcontents melancholy. Not ufed Incenf an nidorou facrifices, were though fmells, fuc t as wer o intoxicate the brain and to difpofe men to devotion; vehich they ma do by a kind of fadnefs and consriffation of th fpirits and partly alfo by heatin them an exaltin Bacow's Natural Hiftory _pofition T Op fenfe of guilt pemitent In the book pleafing him ; and asiwite is forrowfu for fin, from the fear of punifhment I Richard's body bave interred now And on it have beftow'd more contrite tears Than from it iffued forced drops of blood Shakefpeare's Henry V With tear Woat'ring the ground, and with our fighs the ai Frequenting, fent from hearts contrite, in fig Of forrow unfeign'd, and humiliation meck Milton The contrite finner is reftored to pardon, and through faith in Chrift, our repentance is entitle to falvation Rogers It hath pleafed them of Macedonia to make certain contribution for the poor faints. Rom. xv. 26 Parents owe their children not only materia fubfiftence for their body, but much more fpiritua contributions for their mind Digby Beggars are now maintained by voluntary contri CoNTRI'TENESS. #. /. [from contrite. Contrition; repentance Dig ConTRrI'TION. 7 /. [from contrite. 1. The a&t of grinding, or rubbing t powder 3. That which is paid for the fupport o Some of thofe coloured powders, which painter ufe, may have their colours a little changed, b being very elaborately and finely ground ; where fee not what can be juftly pretended for thof changes, befides the breaking of their parts int lefs parts by that contrition Nezvton's Opticks butions Graynt's Bills of Mortality an army lying in a country The people *twixt Philippi and this groun Do ftand but in a forc'd affection For they have grudg'd us contribution Shakefpeare's Fuliys Cafar CoNTRI'BUTIVE. adj. [from contribute. "That which has the power or quality o promoting any purpofe in concurrenc with other motives As the value of the promifes renders them mof 2. Penitence ; forrow for fin : in the ftri& {enfe, the forrow which arifes from th defire to pleafe God; diftinguithed from attrition, or imperfeét repentance produced by dread of hell What is forrow and contrition for fin ? A bein proper incentives to virtue, fo the manner of pro grieved wit fame end we have thereby incurred fuch danger, but alf that we have fo unkindly grieved and provoked f good a God Hammond's Pracical Catechifm pofing we fhall find alfo highly contributive to th the fame way; but muft contraff each other by thei {ConPr1"BUTOR feveral pofitions ConTrAVALLATION. #. /. [from contr and wallo, Lat.] The fortification throw 1 and yerwa 7. fi [contra, againft 7o CoNTRI'BUTE. @. #. To bear a part to have a fhare in any aé or effeét He pleaded ftill not guilty o CoNTRAYERVA to fome common ftoc 7o CONTRVUSTATE. w. a. [contrifto Latin.] To fadden ; to make forrowful of divines, contrite is {orrowful for fin from the love of God and defire o in th 3.:07 the ConTrARY they muft of neceffity be fpent in contraventions t the laws of the land Savift fiftance to fome joint d efign, or increaf England ¢ontributes much more than any othe of the allies Addifon on the War His mafter contributed a great fum of mone to the Jefuits church, which is not yet quit finifhed Addifon on Italy contrary If Chriftianity did not lend its name to frand i the gap, and to employ or divert thefe humours CONTRI'TE. adj. [contritus, Latin. 1. Bruifed ; much worn 2. Worn with forrow ; haraflfed with th nio CO 2, A propofition contrary to fome other ; 7o CONTRI'BUTE. «. a. [contribuo, La- a fa&t contrary to the allegation tin.] To give to fome common flock; t The inftances brought by our author are bu advance towards fome common defign flender proofs of a right to civil power and domi ( CO Dec of Piety 2. /. [from contribuse. One that bears a part in fome commo defign; one that helps forward o ex erts his endeavours to fome end, in con jun&ion with others bear his charge of wooing, whatfoe'er of fin not onl tha Fruits of more pleafing favour, from thy fee Sown with contrition in his heart, than thof ‘Which, his own hand manuring, all the tree Of Paradife could haweproduc'd 2Milt. Par. Lof Your fafting, contrition, and mortification, whe I promis'd we would be contributors An the confcienc Shak A grand contributor to our diffentions is pafiion Decay of Piety Art thou a true lover of thy country ? zealou for its religious and civil Iiberties? and a chearfu contributor to all thofe publick expences which hav been thought neceflary to fecure them ? Atzerbury. The whole people were witneffes to the buildin of the ark and tabernacle; they were all contributor to it Forbes CoNTRI'BUTORY. adj. [from contribute. Promoting the fame end; bringing af the church and ftate appoints, and that efpeciall in times of greater riot and luxury Spratt's Sermons My future days fhall be one whole contrition A chapel will I build with large endowment Where every day an hundred aged me Shall all hold up their wither'd hands to heav'n Diydert CoNTRI'VABLE. adj. [from contrive.] Poffible to be planned by the mind ; poffible to be invented and adjuited It will hence appear how a perpetual motio may feem eafily contriwable Wilkins's Deedalus 3 Con |