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To differentiate by reference to opposites

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Usage examples (4)
  • Finally, I will note down those fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the modern generally, but which more especially appear in...
  • 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 -...
  • Coleridge also has some very choice remarks on the subject: "I will note down the fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the...
  • Coleridge also has some very choice remarks on the subject: “I will note down the fundamental characteristics which contradistinguish the ancient literature from the...
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