Webster's Dictionary 1913

7264

Contagiously

Con‐ta″gious‐ly, adv. In a contagious manner.

7265

Contagiousness

Con‐ta″gious‐ness, n. Quality of being contagious.

7266

Contagium

‖Con‐ta″gi‐um (?), n. Contagion; contagious matter. “Contagium of measles.” Tyndall.

7267

Contain

Con‐tain″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Contained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See Tenable...

7268

Contain (2)

Con‐tain″, v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry.1 Cor. vii. 9.

7269

Containable

Con‐tain″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.

7270

Containant

Con‐tain″ant (?), n. A container.

7271

Container

Con‐tain″er (?), n. One who, or that which, contains.

7272

Containment

Con‐tain″ment (?), n. That which is contained; the extent; the substance.The containment of a rich man's estate.Fuller.

7273

Contaminable

Con‐tam″i‐na‐ble (kŏn‐tăm″ĭ‐nȧ‐b'l), a. Capable of being contaminated.

7274

Contaminate

Con‐tam″i‐nate (kŏn‐tăm″ĭ‐nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Contaminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Contaminating (?).] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contamin...

7275

Contaminate (2)

Con‐tam″i‐nate (–nā̍t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. “Contaminate drink.” Daniel.

7276

Contamination

Con‐tam′i‐na″tion (kŏn‐tăm′ĭ‐nā″shŭn), n. [L. contaminatio.] The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

7277

Contamitive

Con‐tam″i‐tive (kŏn‐tăm″ĭ‐nȧ‐tĭv), a. Tending or liable to contaminate.

7278

Contango

Con‐tan″go (kŏn‐tăṉ″gō̍), n.; pl.Contangoes (#). [Prob. a corruption of contingent.] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed t...

7279

Conte

‖Conte (?), n.; pl. Contes (#). A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events.The conte (sic) is a tale something more than a sketch, it may be...

7280

Contection

Con‐tec″tion (–tĕk″shŭn), n. [L. contegere, -tectum, to cover up.] A covering. Sir T. Browne.

7281

Contek

Con″tek (kŏn″tĕk), n. [OE. conteck, conteke, contake, perh. a corruption either of contact or contest.] 1. Quarrel; contention; contest.Contek with bloody knife.Chaucer.2. Contu...

7282

Contemn

Con‐temn″ (kŏn‐tĕm″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Contemned (–tĕmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Contemning (–tĕm″nĭng or –tĕm″ĭng).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. ...

7283

Contemner

Con‐tem″ner (kŏn‐tĕm″nẽr or –tĕm″ẽr), n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. “Contemners of the gods.” South.

7284

Contemningly

Con‐tem″ning‐ly, adv. Contemptuously.

7285

Contemper

Con‐tem″per (kŏn‐tĕm″pẽr), v. t. [L. contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. Contemperate.] To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften....

7286

Contemperate

Con‐tem″per‐ate (kŏn‐tĕm″pẽr‐āt), v. t. [See Contemper.] To temper; to moderate.Moisten and contemperate the air.Sir T. Browne.

7287

Contemperation

Con‐tem′per‐a″tion (–ā″shŭn), n. 1. The act of tempering or moderating. Sir T. Browne.2. Proportionate mixture or combination. “Contemperation of light and shade.” Boyle.

7288

Contemperature

Con‐tem″per‐a‐ture (–tĕm″pẽr‐ȧ‐tū̍r; 135), n. The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature.The different contemperature of the elements.South.

7289

Contemplance

Con‐tem″plance (?), n. Contemplation. Chaucer.

7290

Contemplant

Con‐tem″plant (?), a. [L. contemplans, p. pr.] Given to contemplation; meditative. Coleridge.