Bible Dictionaries
Contraposition
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A placing over against; opposite position.
(2):
(n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contraposition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/contraposition.html. 1828.