† contranitentadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Struggling or striving in opposition.
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1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vii. 33 His trusty Cudgel; which by the contranitent Force of two so great Powers, broke short in his Hands.
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adj.1712- to be or live in cotton-wool
- to be or live in cottonwool
- to be or look shy on or at
- to be or look slippy
- to be or put in the wrong
- to be or to fall at a square
- to be or to fall at square
- to be or to have in laudation
- to be out
- to be out after a person's blood
- to be out after blood
- to be out at elbow(s
- to be out for
- to be out for a person's blood
- to be out for blood
- to be out in one's reckoning
- to be out like a light
- to be out of here
- to be out of it
- to be out of mind
- to be out of mourning
- to be out of one's reckoning
- to be out of one's skin
- to be out of one's way
- to be out of purse