Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TIN'GENT
CON-TIN'GENCE, or CON-TIN'GEN-CYCON-TIN'GENT
CON-TIN'GENT, a.
- Falling or coming by chance, that is, without design or expectation on our part; accidental; casual. On our part, We speak of chance or contingencies; but with an infinite being, nothing can be contingent.
- In law, depending on an uncertainty; as, a contingent remainder. – Blackstone.
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