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contrapose

American  
[kon-truh-pohz] / ˈkɒn trəˌpoʊz /

verb (used with object)

contraposed, contraposing

  1. to place in contraposition.

Etymology

Origin of contrapose

1610–20; back formation from contraposed < Latin contrāpositus, past participle of contrāpōnere to place against, with -ed 2 for Latin -itus past participle suffix

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We should be glad to reproduce it here, by way of contrapose to our own accompanying poem, but cannot now recall it to memory in its completeness.

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