 | William Chambers - 1868 - 516 σελίδες
...kon-tig-u'i-ti, п., tke state of being contiguous, or in close contact. contingent, kon-tin'jcnt, adj. lit. touching; dependent on something else ;...contingently. [L. contingo, to touch, to happen.] contingence, kon-tin'jcns, contingency, kon-tin'j en-si, «., tke quality of be ingcontwgent ; what... | |
 | James Donald - 1872 - 976 σελίδες
...quality of CONTINGENCY, kon-tin'jen-si, j being contingent : what happens by chance : an accident. CONTINGENT, kon-tin'jent, adj. (lit.) Touching: dependent...but not certain to occur : a share or proportion, esp. of soldiers supplied by one of several allied powers. [L. contingent, -entis, pr.p. of contingo,... | |
 | William Chambers, Andrew Findlater - 1882 - 628 σελίδες
...contingent: what happens by chance : an accident. Contingent, kon-tin'jent, adj. dependent on some* thing else : liable but not certain to happen : accidental*...Contingently. [L. contingo, to touch, to happen.] Continual, kon-tm'u-al, adj. without interruption: unceasing.— adv. Contln ually [ Sec Continue.... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 σελίδες
...the quality of being contingent: what happens by chance : an accident. CONTINGENT, kon-tin'jent, adj. dependent on something else : liable but not certain...share or proportion, especially of soldiers. — adv. CONTIN'OENTLY. [L. contingo, to touch, to happen.] CONTINUAL, kon-tin'u-al, adj. without interruption... | |
 | Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel - 1912 - 1204 σελίδες
...to touch on all sides — con, sig. completeness, tango, to touch, j contiguity, kon-tig-Q'i-ti, n., the state of being contiguous, or in close contact....contingently. [L. contingo, to touch, to happen.] continuance, kon-tin'jcns, contingency, kon-tin'jen-si, n., the quality of being contingent; what happens... | |
 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited - 2007 - 1106 σελίδες
...continent, -entis — continere. to contain — con-, tenere. to hold.] contingent kjn-tin'jjnt. adj. dependent on something else: liable but not certain to happen: accidental. — n. an event liable but not certain to occur: a share, quota, or group, esp. of soldiers. — n. contingency the... | |
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... kon-tin'jent, adj. lit. touching; dependent on something else ; liable but not certain to happen; accidental. — n. an event which is liable but not certain to occur ; a share or proportion, especially of soldiers. — adv. contingently. [L. contingo,... 