contrate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of contrate
First recorded in 1680–90; contra- 1 ( def. ) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Snead knows he should shrug it off with a casual French phrase and contrate on his game.
From Golf Digest • May 11, 2020
Pin′-wheel, a contrate wheel in which the cogs are pins set into the disc: a form of firework constructed to revolve rapidly while burning.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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