contradictories

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Contradictory \Con`tra*dict"o*ry\, n.; pl. Contradictories.

1.A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. [1913 Webster]

It is common with princes to will contradictories.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity. [1913 Webster]

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