CONTESTATION
CONTESTATION, noun1. The act of contesting; strife; dispute.After years spent in domestic contestations, she found means to withdraw.2. Testimony; proof by witnesses.
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CONTESTINGLY
CONTESTINGLY, adverb In a contending manner.
CONTESTLESS
CONTESTLESS, adjective Not to be disputed.
CONTEX
CONTEX, verb intransitive To weave together. [Not used.]
CONTEXT
CONTEXT, noun [Latin Con and texo, to weave.] The general series or composition of a discourse; more particularly, the parts of a discourse which precede or follow the sentence ...
CONTEXTURAL
CONTEXTURAL, adjective Pertaining to contexture, or to the human frame.
CONTEXTURE
CONTEXTURE, noun The manner of interweaving several parts into one body; the disposition and union of the constituent parts of a thing, with respect to each other; composition o...
CONTIGNATION
CONTIGNATION, noun [Latin, a beam.]1. A frame of beams; a story.2. The act of framing together, or uniting beams in a fabric.
CONTIGUITY
CONTIGUITY, noun [See Contiguous.] Actual contact of bodies; a touching.
CONTIGUOUS
CONTIGUOUS, adjective [Latin, con and tango, tago, to touch.] Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or border; as two contiguous bodies or countries.The houses in ancient ...
CONTIGUOUSLY
CONTIGUOUSLY, adverb In a manner to touch; without intervening space.
CONTIGUOUSNESS
CONTIGUOUSNESS, noun A state of contact; close union of surfaces or borders.
CONTINENCE
CONTINENCE, CONTINENCY, noun [Latin, to hold, or withhold; con and teneo, to hold. See Tenet.]
CONTINENCY
CONTINENCE, CONTINENCY noun [Latin, to hold, or withhold; con and teneo, to hold. See Tenet.]1. In a general sense, the restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and pas...
CONTINENT
CONTINENT, adjective [Latin]1. Refraining from unlawful sexual commerce, or moderate in the indulgence of lawful pleasure; chaste.2. Restrained; moderate; temperate.Have a conti...
CONTINENTAL
CONTINENTAL, adjective Pertaining or relating to a continent; as the continental powers of Europe. In America, pertaining to the United States, as continental money, in distinct...
CONTINENTLY
CONTINENTLY, adverb In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.
CONTINGENCE
CONTINGENCE, CONTINGENCY, noun [Latin, to fall or happen to; to touch. See Touch.]
CONTINGENCY
CONTINGENCE, CONTINGENCY noun [Latin, to fall or happen to; to touch. See Touch.]1. The quality of being contingent or casual; a happening; or the possibility of coming to pass....
CONTINGENT
CONTINGENT, adjective1. 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; bu...
CONTINGENTLY
CONTINGENTLY, adverb Accidentally; without design or foresight.
CONTINGENTNESS
CONTINGENTNESS, noun The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.
CONTINUAL
CONTINUAL, adjective [Latin See Continue.]1. Proceeding without interruption or cessation; unceasing; not intermitting; used in reference to time.He that hath a merry heart hath...
CONTINUALLY
CONTINUALLY, adverb1. Without pause or cessation; unceasingly; as, the ocean is continually rolling its waves on the shore.2. Very often; in repeated succession; from time to ti...
CONTINUALNESS
CONTINUALNESS, noun Permanence.
CONTINUANCE
CONTINUANCE, noun [See Continue.]1. A holding on or remaining in a particular state, or in a course or series. Applied to time, duration; a state of lasting; as the continuance ...
CONTINUATE
CONTINUATE, verb transitive To join closely together.CONTINUATE, adjective [Latin]1. Immediately united; holding together. [Little used.]2. Uninterrupted; unbroken. [Little used.]