CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONTRADISTINGUISH
PRESENT
Present
I contradistinguish
you contradistinguish
he/she/it contradistinguishes
we contradistinguish
you contradistinguish
they contradistinguish
Present continuous
I am contradistinguishing
you are contradistinguishing
he/she/it is contradistinguishing
we are contradistinguishing
you are contradistinguishing
they are contradistinguishing
Present perfect
I have contradistinguished
you have contradistinguished
he/she/it has contradistinguished
we have contradistinguished
you have contradistinguished
they have contradistinguished
Present perfect continuous
I have been contradistinguishing
you have been contradistinguishing
he/she/it has been contradistinguishing
we have been contradistinguishing
you have been contradistinguishing
they have been contradistinguishing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I contradistinguished
you contradistinguished
he/she/it contradistinguished
we contradistinguished
you contradistinguished
they contradistinguished
Past continuous
I was contradistinguishing
you were contradistinguishing
he/she/it was contradistinguishing
we were contradistinguishing
you were contradistinguishing
they were contradistinguishing
Past perfect
I had contradistinguished
you had contradistinguished
he/she/it had contradistinguished
we had contradistinguished
you had contradistinguished
they had contradistinguished
Past perfect continuous
I had been contradistinguishing
you had been contradistinguishing
he/she/it had been contradistinguishing
we had been contradistinguishing
you had been contradistinguishing
they had been contradistinguishing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will contradistinguish
you will contradistinguish
he/she/it will contradistinguish
we will contradistinguish
you will contradistinguish
they will contradistinguish
Future continuous
I will be contradistinguishing
you will be contradistinguishing
he/she/it will be contradistinguishing
we will be contradistinguishing
you will be contradistinguishing
they will be contradistinguishing
Future perfect
I will have contradistinguished
you will have contradistinguished
he/she/it will have contradistinguished
we will have contradistinguished
you will have contradistinguished
they will have contradistinguished
Future perfect continuous
I will have been contradistinguishing
you will have been contradistinguishing
he/she/it will have been contradistinguishing
we will have been contradistinguishing
you will have been contradistinguishing
they will have been contradistinguishing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would contradistinguish
you would contradistinguish
he/she/it would contradistinguish
we would contradistinguish
you would contradistinguish
they would contradistinguish
Conditional continuous
I would be contradistinguishing
you would be contradistinguishing
he/she/it would be contradistinguishing
we would be contradistinguishing
you would be contradistinguishing
they would be contradistinguishing
Conditional perfect
I would have contradistinguish
you would have contradistinguish
he/she/it would have contradistinguish
we would have contradistinguish
you would have contradistinguish
they would have contradistinguish
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been contradistinguishing
you would have been contradistinguishing
he/she/it would have been contradistinguishing
we would have been contradistinguishing
you would have been contradistinguishing
they would have been contradistinguishing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you contradistinguish
we let´s contradistinguish
you contradistinguish
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to contradistinguish
Past participle
contradistinguished
Present Participle
contradistinguishing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRADISTINGUISH»
Discover the use of
contradistinguish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contradistinguish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Therefore, there is some venial sin that we can contradistinguish from mortal sin.
2. Augustine says in a homily on the Gospel of John that serious sins deserve
damnation, and venial sins do not."' Therefore, we properly contradistinguish ...
Thomas Aquinas, Brian Davies, 2003
3 Therefore, we should not contradistinguish the venial from the mortal. 6. If one
does not approve something evil, it is not a sin, since it is not voluntary. But if one
approves it, it is a mortal sin, as the cited gloss makes clear.4 Therefore, either it ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Brian Davies, 2001
3
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
[from contradistinguish.] Distinction by opposite qualities. We must trace the soul
in the ways of intellectual actions ; whereby we may come to the distinct
knowledge of what is meant byjm»ej» nation, in contradistinction to some other
power-.
4
A Dictionary of Etymology of the English Language: And of ...
3. to prick, to mark, to thrust: . as, distin'yuish, to ascertain and mark difference ;
extinct', put out, being at an end. contradistinguish, distinctive, a. inextinct', a.
contradistinguish- distinctively, ad. 'in'stinct, n. ed, a. extinguish, v.
contradistinguish- ...
5
Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
Gwrthwahanredawl, a. (gwrthwahanrcd) Tending to contradistinguish.
Gwrthwahanredoldeb, ». m. f gwrthwahanredawl) The state or quality of
contradistinction. Gwrthwahanredoli, r. a. (gwrthwahanredawl) To
contradistinguish. Gwrthwahanu ...
6
An essay towards the theory of the ideal or intelligible world
Being in the thing may be taken cither as 'tis opposed or contradistinguish'd to
being in the Understanding, so as to signify being out of the Understanding. Or
else as 'tis opposed and contradistinguish'd to meer Nothing or not being at large
, ...
7
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Contradistinction (s. from contradistinguish) A distinction by opposite qualities, a
perfect distinction, a direct opposite. Contradistin'guish [v. t. from the Lat. tontra
agawst.. and distinguo i> distinguish) To distinguiih by opposite qualities.
8
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
[from contradistinguish.'] Distinguished by opposite qualities. The grasshoppers
and capers are in their form and fashion, their substance and consistence, clean
contrary one to another ; the one, being protu- bcrous, rough, crusty, and hard ...
9
Chamber's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Contradistinguish. ко п - t r a-di s- 1 i ng'pwish, v. t., to distinguish by opposite
qualities : — J>r.p. contra- distijrguishing ; "pup. contradistinguished. [L. contra,
against, opposite, and PlstlnguUb.J eestradiitiaetian, kon-tra-dis-link'shun, п., ...
James Donald, William Chambers, 1868
10
A primary dictionary of the English language
CONTRADISTINGUISH. 72. AEloOi tong-;X£IoCYliA(>ri.;AEiQUY1o4scure.—
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Joseph Emerson Worcester, 1860
