Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To use contraception

  2. (transitive)To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals

Origin

Back-formation from contraception. Attested US 1932, with earlier occasional use as abbrev

Back-formation from contraception. Attested US 1932, with earlier occasional use as abbreviation for contraceptive in the medical literature; popularized US mid-1960s in the context of the sexual revolution.

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Forms

contracepts, contracepting, contracepted, contracepted
Base formcontracept · to contracept
3rd person singularcontracepts
Present participlecontracepting
Past simplecontracepted
Past participlecontracepted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontracept
he, she, itcontracepts

Past simpleLesson

all personscontracepted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contracepted
he, she, ithas contracepted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contracept

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contourcontrabandcontraceptioncontraceptivecontractB2
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