Contradistinguish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contradistinguish \Con`tra*dis*tin"guish\ (?; 144), v. t. [imp.
     & p. p. {Contradistinguished}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Contradistinguishing}.]
     To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
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           These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as
           contradistinguished.                     --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contradistinguish
       v : distinguish by contrasting qualities