† contraˈfact,v.Obs.rare. [f.med.L. contrāfact-, ppl. stem of contrāfacĕre to do against.] trans. To do the opposite of. 1632Lithgow Trav. iv. (1682) 138 The Turks have no Bells..but they have high round Steeples, for they contrafact, and contradict all the Forms of Christians.