Obs. [ad. L. contrāpositum, repr. Gr. ἀντίθετον.] pl. = L. contraposita: Things set in antithesis to each other.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God, XI. xviii. (1620), 401. Antitheta, called in Latin, opposites … some more expressly call them Contra-posites.
