contamination (kon tamin ash on)

[F. contamination = Sp. con tamin a cion = Pg. con tamin ação = It. con tamin azione, who may be felons. To be kept free from the touch or contamination of those Sumner, Prison Discipline. Though chemistry cannot prove any existing infectious property, it can prove, if existing, certain degrees of sewage contamination , E. Frank land , Exper. in Chem., p. 611. contaminative (kon-tam'i-nā-tiv), a. [ con taminate + -ive .] Tending to contaminate. contango (kon-tang'gō), n. [Origin obscure.] On the London stock exchange, the charge made by a broker for carrying over a bargain to the next fortnightly settling-day; the consideration paid by the buyer of stock for the privilege of deferring settlement until the next settling-day. Contango is just the opposite of backwardation, for it is used to denote the rate which is charged if one cannot contemplant contemeratet (kon-tem'e-rat), v. t . [L. con- temeratus , pp. of conte me rare , defile, com- (in- tensive) + temerare , treat rashly, violate: see temerous , temerity .] To violate; pollute. Bailey . contemerationt, n. [ conte me rate + -ion .] A violation. Coles , 1717. contemn (kon-tem'), v . t . [L. contemn ere , pp. contempt us , despise, com- (intensive) + tem- nere, despise.] 1. To consider and treat as contemptible and despicable; despise; scorn. Ha! are we contemned ? Is there so little awe of our disdain? B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. It is a brave act of valour to contemn death. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, i. 44. Noble he was, contemning all things mean. Crabbe , Parish Register. We learn to contemn what we do not fear; and we cannot love what we contemn. J. H. Newman, Parochial Sermons, i. 304. 2. To slight or disregard; neglect as unworthy of regard; reject with disdain. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? Ps. x. 13. What is there the Soveraigns & Princes of the earth do more justly resent than to have their Laws despised, their Persons affronted, and their Authority contemned? Stilling fleet, Sermons, I. ii. =Syn. Disdain , Despise , etc. (see scorn ); look down upon, spurn. contemnedly (kon-tem'ned-li), adv. Contemptibly; despicably. Sylvester. contemner (kon-tem' nėr), n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. He was, I heard say, a seditious man, a contemner of common prayer. Latimer, Misc. Selections. contemningly (kon-tem'ning-li), adv. In a contemptuous manner; slightingly. contempert (kon-tem'per), v. t. [= Sp. con temperar = It. contemper are, The leaves qualify and contemper the heat. Ray, Works of Creation. have. That quen & hire douzter & Meliors the schene Wayteden out at a windowe wilfulli in-fere, How that komeli knizt kunteyned on his stede. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3301. containable (kon-ta'na-bl), a. [ contain + -ant1. Cf. F. con tenant, ppr. of contenir , contain, and see continent.] One who or that which contains; a container.