contraversion

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noun

A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nouncontraversion (countable and uncountable, plural contraversions)

plural contraversions

  1. countableuncountableA turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.

    The second Stanza was called the Antistrophé , from the Contraversion of the Chorus

    a. 1729, William Congreve, Poems on Several Occasions

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