"contradistinguish" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: contradistinguishes [present, singular, third-person], contradistinguishing [participle, present], contradistinguished [participle, past], contradistinguished [past]
Etymology: From contra- + distinguish. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|contra|distinguish}} contra- + distinguish Head templates: {{en-verb}} contradistinguish (third-person singular simple present contradistinguishes, present participle contradistinguishing, simple past and past participle contradistinguished)
  1. (transitive) To distinguish things by contrasting their different qualities. Tags: transitive Related terms: contradistinction, contradistinctive, contradistinctively Translations (contrast and differentiate): αντιδιαστέλλω (antidiastéllo) (Greek)

Inflected forms

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