contradistinguishv.

/ˌkɒntrədɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

Etymology: < contra- prefix 1 + distinguish v.

a. transitive. To distinguish (two things, or one thing from another) by contrasting or opposing their differences.

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1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. §1. 84 Soon after, the very terms were contra-distinguished, both by the substance of their charge, and by the property of their Titles.

1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 230 Whensoever those come to be contradistinguished, not man but God is to be obey'd.

1824 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 410 We do not know exactly when the common law and statute law began to be contra-distinguished.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 165 Doctrines..not only essential to the Christian Religion, but..which contra-distinguish the religion as Christian.

b. with from, also to (now unusual); †against.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > differ from [verb (transitive)] > contradistinguish

counterdistinguish1611

contradistinguish1622

condistinguish1644

1622 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Thebalds 2 The reasonable part of the Soule..being contradistinguished to the sensitiue.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie iii. §1. 220 He is faine to contradistinguish them from teaching Elders.

1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 193 Substance, as 'tis contradistinguish't against Quantity.

1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 438 In revealed Theology, as contradistinguish'd from natural.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. v. 187 Instinct, as contradistinguished to the higher faculties of the intellect.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Introd. 2 The development which contra-distinguishes the Hellene from the barbarian.

Derivatives

contradiˈstinguished adj. = contradistinct adj.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > contradistinguishing or contradistinct

contradistinct1623

contradistinguished1637

contradistinctive1641

counterdistinct1662

counterdistinguished1730

contradistinguishing1817

1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 103 These foure contradistinguished Tenets or Positions.

1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 31 Two several contradistinguished functions.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. 160 Gaius..wishes us..to make Obligation..and even some forms of Dominion, members of the contra-distinguished branch, res incorporalis.

contradiˈstinguishing n. and adj.

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