Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To distinguish by contrasting qualities.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To distinguish not merely by differential, but by opposite qualities; discriminate by direct contrast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
distinguish things bycontrasting their differentqualities .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb distinguish by contrasting qualities
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Examples
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Finally, I will note down those fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the modern generally, but which more especially appear in prominence in the tragic drama.
Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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Finally, I will note down those fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the modern generally, but which more especially appear in prominence in the tragic drama.
Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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Life, and the several limbs or parts of an animal, which form and constitute the animal itself, I term the natural Posses - sions of the animal, as contradistinguish - ed from those wliich are acquired, and B retained by virtue of its energy or power.
Philosophical sketches of the principles of society and government Robert Darling 1796
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Coleridge also has some very choice remarks on the subject: “I will note down the fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the modern generally, but which more especially appear in prominence in the tragic drama.
Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters Hudson, H N 1872
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Coleridge also has some very choice remarks on the subject: "I will note down the fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the modern generally, but which more especially appear in prominence in the tragic drama.
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850
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