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Show CO fion, or a thought too wanton Milton's Paradife Loft Of this frail world d u f h s b h i D n f m i Here P u w u i n c o r w m l Whofe face a s a p a ; ; y ? th m ; d ' p l t w f "Difhon s ea hi o n' rt fh an f n h i' d o Spoil Where any motion or fucceffion is fo flow, a s n m o i a d e t t w c p n e k that i i o l e c f u i n c n t n c o e r f there t loft; and we perceive it not but with certau}' gakp of reft between OCRE Conti'NuEDLY Withou interruption ; without ceafing not underftand a conti nuedly uniform, equal courfe of obedience, an fuch as is not interrupted with the leaft act of fin Norris CoNTUNUER. . /. [from continue.] Having the power of perfeverance 1 would my horfe had the fpeed of your tongue and fo good a continuer Shakefpeare's Much ado about Nothing ContiNv'iTY. . f. [¢ontinuitas, Latin. Connexio clofe union uninterrupted ; cohefion It is certain, that in all bodies there is an appetite of union, and evitation of folution of conriBacon's Natural Hiftory auity _After the great lights there_muft be great fhadows, whic we cal becauf repofes in realit the fight would be tired, if it were attraéted by Dryden continuity of glittering objeéts It wraps itfelf about the flame, and by its continity hinders any air or nitre from coming Addifon on Italy 2. In phyfick B + The folid parts may be contraéted by diffolvin their continuity ; for a fibre, cut through, contract Arbuthnot itfelf Conti'Nnuous. adf. [continuus, Latin. Joined together without the interventio of any fpace As the breadth of every ring is thus augmented the dar ring be diminithed becom unti th comtinuous, and ar Nezvton's Opticks To whofe dread expanfe Continuous depth, and wond'rous length of courfe Thomfon's Summer Our floods are rills T, CONTORT. 2. a. [cofltortu}, Latin, : intervals muf neighbourin blended T twifi to writhe riouil conlarm‘iR 3 The vertebral arteries are varioufl fpheres, through the interftices of which the par ticles of light may freely pafs Cheyne ConTo'rTION. 7. /. [from contort.] Twift wry motion ; flexure 7o CONTRA'CT w. a. [contradtus, Lat, 1.. To draw together into lefs compafs ‘Why love among the virtues is not known' It is, that love contrac?s them all in one Donne 2. To leflen ; to make lefs ample to fubfide at the expulfion of it Arbuthnot on Aliments CoNTRA'CTIBLENESS., # /. [from con traftible,] 'The quality of fuffering conDig traction ConTRrA'CTILE. adj. [from contra&. Havin In all things defuetude does contraé? and narro our faculties To him the angel with coniracted brow 4. To make a bargain The arteries are elaftick tubes, endued with contraétile force, by which they fqueeze and driv Milton Difruption they would be in danger of, upon great and fudden firetch or contortion Ray on the Creation How can fhe acquire thofe hundred graces an motions, and airs, the contortions of every mufcula Swif . motion in the face CONZO'UR. #. /. [French.] The outline the line by which any figure is define or terminated A Latin prepofition, ufed Co'~nTra compofition, which fignifies again/? CO'NTRABAND. adj. [ contrabando, 1tal contrary to proclamation. illegal ; unlawful Prohibited ; The main parts of the poem; fuch as the fabl and fentiments, no tranflator can prejudice but b omiflions or contraétions Pope's Effay on Homer Dryden's Fables 5. To betroth ; to affiance The truth is, the'and I, long fince contratted Are now fo fure that nothing can diffolve us Shakefpeare She was a lady of the higheft condition in tha country, and contraéfed to a man of merit and quality Tatler 6. To procure; to bring ; to incur draw ; to get 2. The a& of fhrinking or fhrivelling Oil of vitriol will throw the fftomach.into invoeArbuthnot on Aliments luntary contrations or draw 3. The ftate of being contracted into a narrow compafs t Of enemies he could not but contraé? good ftore while moving in 16 high a fphere. = King Charles He that but conceives a crime in thought Contraéts the danger of an actual fault Dryden's Fuvenal Like friendly colours, found them both unite And each from each contraé# new ftrength and light Pope Such behaviour we contraé? by having mxfi converfed with perfons of high ftations Swif? Some things induce a contraion in the nerves placed in the mouth of the ftomach, which is Comparing the quantity of contraf?ion and dilatation made by all the degrees of each colour, found it greateft in the red Let the meafure of your affirmation or denia be the underftanding of your contraéfor; for h that deceives the buyer or the feller by fpeakin what is true, in a fenfe not underftood by th other, is a thief Taylor's Rule of Living Holy ity of provifions Firft was he contraé? to lady Lucy Your mother lives a witnefs to that vow Shakefpeare's Richard 111 Anci ently accented on the laft. 1. An a& whereby two parties are brough together ; a bargain; a compact "The agreement upon orders, by mutual contrac with the confent to execute them by commo O . W th rife of all civil %cjve;;x e e emiple o B {kill Or Japhet pocket, like his grace, a will Pope 2. An a& whereby a man and woman ar betrothed to one another Touch'd you the baftardy of Edward' dren Pe chil -1 did, with his contraf? with lady Lucy And his contraé? by deputy in France Shakefpeare's Richard I11 Newvton's Opticks 4. [In grammar.] The reduétion of tw vowels or {yllables: to one 5. Any thing in its ftate of abbreviation or contraction : as, the writing i full o contractions ConTRrACcTOR. 72 /. [from contraiz.] On of the parties to a contra& or bargain 2. To bargain : as, 70 contrat for a quanCoNTRrRA CT. part. adj. [from the verb. Affianced ; contracted Baconte great caufe of appetite Whatever empties the veflels, gives room to th fibres to contract Arbuthnot on Aliments Co'NTrACT. 2. /. [from the verb Arbuthnot on Aliments the blood fill forward ConTrACcTION. 2 /. [cOntraitio, Lat. 1. The act of contrating or fhortening On him thy grace did liberty beftow But firft contraéied, that, if ever found His head thould pay the forfeit the power of contraction, or of thortening itfelf Government of the Tongue f;:':]rlxith, they mak Air feems to confift of fpires contorted into frmal 70 Co'NTRABAND. @. 4. [from the adjeétive.] To import goods prohibited 7. To fhorten : as, life was contraiied continuiry is worfe than a corrupt humour, foin th ipiritual Bacon's E fJays Small air bladders, dilatable and contraible, ar capable to be inflated by the admiffion of air, an Dryden's Fables, Preface That texture or cohefion of the parts of a animal body, upon the deftruction of which there 8. To epitomife ; to abridge is faid to be a folution of continuity Quincy 7o CONTRA'CT. ¥, 7 As in the natural body a wound or folution of | 1, To thrink up ; to grow thort Capable of contraction adv. [from continued.] | 3. 'To draw the parts of any thing together By perfeverance, I d ¥ in the cargo, le [from contral. adj ConTrA'CTIBLE them be ftaved or forfeited, like contraband goods g:;nn:l}{e({fl?;;iiuirzllriighc;ng th" utmoft or .hq Tf there happen to be found an irreverent expref iling gul%h The dark 3 abyfs, - whofe¢ bowond'rou length CO CO All matches, friendfhips, and focieties, are dan gerous and inconvenient, where the conzraiiors ar not equals L' Eftfrange 7 CONTRADI'CT Latin. w a [contradico, 1. To oppofe verbally ; to affert the con-trary to what has been aflerted It is not lawful to contrad whic is know t Hannibal and Scipi all th a point of hiftor world contemporarie ander t mak wit Alex a Drydens z. T'o be contrary to to repugn ; to op= pofe No truth can contradié? any truth HookeroI contradiés. your. banes.s If you will marry, make your loves t@ me Shakefpeare's King Lear CoNTRADI'CTER . /. [from contradi& One that contradiéts ; one that oppofes 3 an oppofer If no contradifler appears herein; the fuit wil furely be good Ayliffe's Parergon If a gentleman is:a little fincere in his reprefentations ke is fure to have a dozen contradiFers Sawift's View of Ireland 3. A writing in which the terms of a bargain are included '‘CoNTRADI'CTION, 7/ [from contradi&. ConTrA'CTEDNESS. 7. /. [from contrac?- 1. Verbal oppofition ; controverfial- affer-ed.] The ftate of being contracted tion. contraction Dig That tongue ConTrRACTIBI'LITY. 2 /[ [from conInfpir'd. with contradicion, durft oppof A third part of the gods. Ailton's Paradife Leffs traiible.] Poffibility of being contract"2 Oppofition. ed qualit o fufferin contra&tion Confider him that endureth fuch' contradiGio By this continual contratibility and dilatabilit by different degreea of heaf, the air is keptina § of. finners againft. himfelf; left ye be wearied Hekreavs, xii coaftant motion Arbuzhnots 3. Lacons |