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To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.

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  1. v. t. To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
  2. v. distinguish by contrasting qualities
  3. To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.
  4. To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished.Locke.
  5. v. distinguish by contrasting qualities