contraversionn.
rare.
A turning in the opposite direction.
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U1971
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1706 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Her Majesty's Arms Disc. sig. Ajv The second Stanza was call'd the Antistrophé, from the Contraversion of the Chorus; the Singers, in performing that, turning from the Left Hand to the Right, contrary always to their Motion in the Strophé.
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