Contrast

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 24

kon-trast′, v.i. to stand in opposition to.— v.t. to set in opposition, in order to show superiority or give effect.— n. Con′trast , opposition or unlikene in things compared: exhibition of differences.— adj. Contrast′ive . [Fr. contraster —L. contra , opposite to, stāre , to stand.]