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Contributable
Contributable Con*trib"u*ta*ble, a.
Capable of being contributed.
ContributeContribute Con*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contributed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
grant, impart. See Tribute.]
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
contribute food or fuel for the poor.
England contributes much more than any other of the
allies. --Addison. ContributedContribute Con*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contributed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
grant, impart. See Tribute.]
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
contribute food or fuel for the poor.
England contributes much more than any other of the
allies. --Addison. Contributer
Contributer Con*trib"u*ter, n.
One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who
writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.
ContributingContribute Con*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contributed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
grant, impart. See Tribute.]
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
contribute food or fuel for the poor.
England contributes much more than any other of the
allies. --Addison. Contribution plan
Contribution plan Con`tri*bu"tion plan (Life Insurance)
A plan of distributing surplus by giving to each policy the
excess of premiums and interest earned thereon over the
expenses of management, cost of insurance, and the policy
value at the date of computation. This excess is called the
contribution of the policy.
Contributional
Contributional Con`tri*bu"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.
Contributive
Contributive Con*trib"u*tive, a.
Contributing, or tending to contribute. --Fuller.
ContributoriesContributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories.
One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to
contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.
--Abbott. ContributoryContributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories.
One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to
contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness.
--Abbott. ContributoryContributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same
end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to
some common stock; contributive. --Milton.
Bonfires of contributory wood. --Chapman.
Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured
party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer
in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it
is the proximate cause of the injury. --Wharton. Contributory negligenceContributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same
end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to
some common stock; contributive. --Milton.
Bonfires of contributory wood. --Chapman.
Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured
party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer
in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it
is the proximate cause of the injury. --Wharton. ContristContrist Con*trist", v. t. [Cf. F. contrister. See
Contristate.]
To make sad. [Obs.]
To deject and contrist myself. --Sterne. Contristate
Contristate Con*tris"tate, v. t. & i. [L. contristatus, p. p.
of contristare to sadden; con- + tristis sad.]
To make sorrowful. [Obs.] --Bacon.
ContriteContrite Con"trite (?; 277), a. [L. contritus bruised, p. p.
of contrere to grind, bruise; con- + terere to rub, grind:
cf. F. contrit See Trite.]
1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]
2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for
sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and
thoroughly penitent.
A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
--Ps. li. 17.
Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. --Milton.
Syn: Penitent; repentant; humble; sorrowful. Contrite
Contrite Con"trite, n.
A contrite person. --Hooker.
Contrite
Contrite Con"trite, v.
In a contrite manner.
Contriteness
Contriteness Con"trite`ness, n.
Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.
ContritionContrition Con*tri"tion, n. [F. contrition, L. contritio.]
1. The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition;
friction; rubbing. [Obs.]
The breaking of their parts into less parts by
contrition. --Sir I.
Newton.
2. The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance
for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble
penitence; through repentance.
My future days shall be one whole contrition.
--Dryden.
Syn: repentance; penitence; humiliation; compunction;
self-reproach; remorse.
Usage: Contrition, Attrition, repentance. -- Contrition
is deep sorrow and self-condemnation, with through
repetance for sin because it is displeasing to God,
and implies a feeling of love toward God. Attrition is
sorrow for sin, or imperfect repentance produced by
fear of punishment or a sense of the baseness of sin.
Repentance is a penitent renunciation of, and turning
from, sin; thorough repentance produces a new life.
Repentance is often used as synonymous with
contrition. See Compunction. Contriturate
Contriturate Con*trit"u*rate (?; 135), v. t.
To triturate; to pulverize. [R.]
ContrivanceContrivance Con*triv"ance, n.
1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or
planning.
The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by
its construction, contrivance and design.
Contrivance must have had a contriver. --Paley.
2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of
parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice;
arrangement.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to
provide for human wants. --Burke.
Syn: Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project;
design; artifice; shift. See Device. Contrivble
Contrivble Con*triv"*ble, a.
Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.
A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. --Bp.
Wilkins.
Contrive
Contrive Con*trive", v. i.
To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to
plot.
The Fates with traitors do contrive. --Shak.
Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the
defendant. --Shak.
ContriveContrive Con*trive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven,
to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find.
See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch. ContrivedContrive Con*trive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven,
to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find.
See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch. Contrivement
Contrivement Con*trive"ment, n.
Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.]
Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of
this great fabric. --Glanvill.
Active to meet their contrivements. --Sir G. Buck.
Contriver
Contriver Con*triv"er, n.
One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. --Swift.
ContrivingContrive Con*trive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven,
to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find.
See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch. Noncontributing
Noncontributing Non`con*trib"u*ting, Noncontributory
Non`con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Not contributing.
Noncontributory
Noncontributing Non`con*trib"u*ting, Noncontributory
Non`con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Not contributing.
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