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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
contra–
 
PREFIX:1. Against; opposite; contrasting: contraposition. 2. Lower in pitch: contrabassoon.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Latin contr-, from contr, against; see contra. Sense 2, Italian, from Latin contr.
 
 
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CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  contra contraband  
 
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