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