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Show CO 3. Inconfiftency with itfelf; incongrit in words or thoughts Strange contradiétion, which to God himfel Impoffible is held ; an argumen Of weaknefs, not of pow'r Milten's Par. Lof The apoftle's advice, to 'be angry and fin not Was a contradicion in their philofophy South's Sermons If truth be once perceived, we do thereby alf perceive whatfoever is falfe in contradittion to it Grew''s Cofmologia. " 4. Contrariety, in thought or effect All contraditions grow in thofe minds, whic neither abfolutely climb the rock of virtue, no Sidney freely fink into the fea of vanity Laws human muft be made without contradiétio Hooker unto any pofitive law in {cripture ad [from contra dic?. 1. Filled with contradi&ions; inconfiftent The rules of decency, of government, of juftic itfelf, are fo different in one place from what the are in another, fo party-coloured and contradiczious that one would think the fpecies of men altere Collier according to their climates 2. Inclined to contradi& ; given to cavil 3. Oppofite to; inconfiftent with and the expetatio Where the a& is unmanly immoral, or contradiftious to the attributes of God Collier our hopes we ought never to entertain CoNTRADICTIOUSNESS, 7. /. [from contradiéiious. 1. Inconfiffency; contrariety to itfelf This opinion was, for its abfurdity and contradiczoufnefs, unworthy of the refined fpirit of Plato Norris 2. Difpofition to cavil ; difputatious temper CoNTRADI'CTORILY. adv. [from contradi&ory.] Inconfiftently with himfelf; oppofitely to others. Such as have difcourfed hereon, have {o diverfely contrarily, or contradiftorily delivered themfelves that no afficmative from thence can be reafonabl Brown deduced CoNTRADI CTORINESS. 7. /. [from con¢radi&ory.] Oppofition in the higheft deDig gree ConTrADI CTORY. adj. [contradiforius Latin. _ 1, Oppofite to; inconfiftent with "The Jews hold that in cafe two rabbies thoul happen to contradiét one another, they were ye bound to believe the contradifory afiertions of both South's Sermons The fchemes of thofe gentlemen are moft abfurd, and contradictory to common fenfe Addifon's Freebolder le fu th i i c wh Th . ic lo [I 2 oppofition, where both the terms of on propofition are oppofite to thofe of an other ContraDICTORY. # /. A propofitio which oppofes another in all its terms contrariety; inconfiftency It is common with princes to will contradictories for it is the folecifm of power to think to command the end, and yet not to endure the means Bacon T no afcribe unto him a power of elettion o chufe this or that indifferently, is to make th fame thing to be determined to one, and to be no determined to one, which ate contradiétories Bramball's Anfwer to Hobbes ConTrADISTI'NCTION 7. /. [from con tradiftinguifp.] - Diftinétion by oppofit qualities lint o wa th i fou th tra mu W difth t co ma w re wh ons adt ua Je tin€t knowledge of what is meant by imagination in ontradiftinétion to fome other powers Can he make deathlefs death? That wer ConTraADI CTIOUS € O 'CO 7 Glanwville's Scepfis . That there are fuch things as fins of infirmity in contradiffinéien to thofe of prefumption, is truth not to be queftioned South CONTRADISTINGUISH «. a [from contra and diftinguifp.] To diftinguith not fimply by differential but b oppofite qualities The primary ideas we have pecfiliar to body, ascontradiftinguifbed to fpirit, are the cohefion of folid and confequently feparable, parts, and a power o communicating motion by impulfe Locke Thefe are our complex ideas of foul and body as contradiftinguifbed Locke ConTRrRAFI'SSURE Jlire Contufions . /. [from contra an when great, do ufually produce fiffure or crack of the fcull, either in the fame par where the blow was infli¢ted, and then it is calle fiflure; or in the contrary part, in which cafe i obtains the name of contrafiffure Wifeman 70 CONTRAI'NDICATE. . a. [contr and indice, Lat.] To point out fom peculiar or incidental {ymptom or method of cure, contrary to what the general tenour of the malady requires Vomits have their ufe in.this malady; but th age and fex of the patient, or other urgent or contraindicating fymptoms, muft be obferved Harwey on Confumption He which will perfe&ly recover a fi fiorx difeafed, body unto health, muf n'o'txa::dru vourf much to bring it to a ftat of fimple c&mfa* riety, as of fit proportion in contrdri;{y,mmth‘f evils which are to be cured 3 Hw §} It principally failed by late fetting‘out fome contrariety of weather atfea d ;r g Y Their religion had more t.haxivnggat'ge tém'ari':: to virtue Decay }_u[‘P,‘e;‘ There is a contrariety between thofe things th'ay confcience inclines to, and thofe that entertain th m fenfes Thefe two interefts, it is to be feared, cannp i be divided; but they will alfo prove oppofite, gn not refting.in a bare diverfity, quickly rife ;nfo contrariety S There is nothing more common than zr."ontrafig of opinions; nothing more obvious than that g man wholl difbelieves what another only doubt of, and a third ftedfaftly believes and firnily ad heres to Locke 2. Inconfiftency; quality or pofition de ftrutive of its oppofite He will be here, and yet he is not here How can thefe contrarieties agree Shakefpeare's Henry 1V CoNTRA'RILY. adv. [from contrary. 1. In a manner contrary Man of the confpire to one and the fam attion, and all this contrarily to the laws of fpeci fick gravity, in whatever pofture the body b formed Ray on the Creation 2. Different ways ; in different directions Though all men defire happinefs yet their will ConTrAINDICA'TION, 7. /i [from concarry them fo contrarily, and confeqiently fome o traindicate.] An indication or fymptom them to what is evil Locke which forbids that to be done which the ConTrA'RINESS, #. [ [from contrary. main {fcope of a difeafe points out a Contrariety; oppofition Quincy. ConTRARIOUS. adj. [from contrary.] Opfirft I endeavour to give the moft fimple idea of th diftemper, and the proper diet: abftracting fro the complications of the firft, or the contraindication Arbuthnot on Aliments to the fecond RE. 7. /. [ contremure, French, CoNTRAM In fortification, is an out-wall built abou Chambers the main wall of a city CoNTRANI'TENCY. i /. [from contra an nitens Lat. Reation a refiftenc a ‘Dic gainft preflure ConTrAPOSI'TION. 7 Jfo [from contr and pofition.] A placing over againit CONTRAREGULARITY. 2. /. [from contra and regularity.] Contrariety to rule It is not only its not promoting, but its oppofing, or at leaft its natural aptnefs to oppofe, the greatef and beft of ends; fo that it is not fo properly a Norris irregularity as a contraregularity CoNTRA'RIANT. adj. [contrariant, fro contraricr, French.] Inconfiftent; contraditory: a term of law Th very depofition of witneffe being falfe, various, contrariant ent themfelve fingle, inconclud Ayliffe's Parergon CO'NTRARIES. 7 /. [from contrary.] I logick, propofitions which deftroy eac other, but of which the falfehood of on does not eftablifh the truth of theother If two univerfals differ in quality, they are contravies3 as, every wine is a treey mo wine is a tree Thefe can never be both true together, but the Watts's Logick may be both falfe COoNTRARIETY. # Jj. [from contrarietas Latin. o t f p o c 1. Repugna The/will about one and the fame thing may, i contrary refpets, have contrary inclinations, an Hooker that without contrariety Making a contraricty ‘the place of my memory in he foulnef I behel Pamela' fairnefs ftil looking on Mopfa, but thinking on Pamela, - Sids pofite ; repugnant the one to the other God of our fathers, whatisman That thou towards him, wit hand fo various Or might I fay contrarious Temper'ft thy providence through his fhort courfe Milton ConTrARIOUSLY. adv. [from contrarious.] Oppofitely ; contrarily Many things, having full referenc To one confent, may work contrarioufly Shakefpeare's Henry V CONTRA RIWISE adv [ contrary an wife. 1. Converfely Divers medicines in greater quantity moye flool and in fmaller urine; and fo, contrariwife, fom fmall i an urin mov tit qua e in grea Bacon's Natural Hifoy {tool Every thing that aéts upon the fluids, muft,3 1 the fame time, act upon the folids, and contrariavife Arbuthnot an Aliments 2, Oppofitely The matter of faith is conftant; the matter contrariwife, of actions, daily changeable. Hogker This requeft was neyer before made by any othe lords3 but eontrarizvife, they were humble fuitor to have the benefit and protecion of the Englif laws Davies on Ireland The fun may fet and rife But we, contrariwife Sleep, after our fhort light QOne everlafting night Raleigh's Hiftory of ffit.W"" CO'NTRARY. adj. [contrarius, Latin. 1. Oppofite contradiory; mot fmpl different, or not alike, but repugnant, f that one deftroys or obftruéts the other to her kind Perhaps fome thing, repugnan By ftrong antipathy the foul may kill But what can be cantrary to the mind Which holds all contraries in concord ftill 2, Inconfiftent3 difagreeing Daviés l‘ |