Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TRA-DICT'O-RY
CON-TRA-DICT'O-RYCON-TRA-DIS-TINCT'
CON-TRA-DICT'O-RY, n.
A proposition which denies or opposes another in all its terms; contrariety; inconsistency. It is common with princes to will contradictories. – Bacon.
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