contrapose
Americanverb (used with object)
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
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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