Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contracept
Participle: contracepted
Gerund: contracepting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contracept |
| you | contracept |
| he;she;it | contracepts |
| we | contracept |
| you | contracept |
| they | contracept |
Perfect
| I | have contracepted |
| you | have contracepted |
| he;she;it | has contracepted |
| we | have contracepted |
| you | have contracepted |
| they | have contracepted |
Past
| I | contracepted |
| you | contracepted |
| he;she;it | contracepted |
| we | contracepted |
| you | contracepted |
| they | contracepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had contracepted |
| you | had contracepted |
| he;she;it | had contracepted |
| we | had contracepted |
| you | had contracepted |
| they | had contracepted |
Future
| I | will contracept |
| you | will contracept |
| he;she;it | will contracept |
| we | will contracept |
| you | will contracept |
| they | will contracept |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contracepted |
| you | will have contracepted |
| he;she;it | will have contracepted |
| we | will have contracepted |
| you | will have contracepted |
| they | will have contracepted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contracept |
| you | contracept |
| he;she;it | contracept |
| we | contracept |
| you | contracept |
| they | contracept |
Perfect
| I | have contracepted |
| you | have contracepted |
| he;she;it | have contracepted |
| we | have contracepted |
| you | have contracepted |
| they | have contracepted |
Imperfect
| I | contracepted |
| you | contracepted |
| he;she;it | contracepted |
| we | contracepted |
| you | contracepted |
| they | contracepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had contracepted |
| you | had contracepted |
| he;she;it | had contracepted |
| we | had contracepted |
| you | had contracepted |
| they | had contracepted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contracept |
| you | would contracept |
| he;she;it | would contracept |
| we | would contracept |
| you | would contracept |
| they | would contracept |
Perfect
| I | would have contracepted |
| you | would have contracepted |
| he;she;it | would have contracepted |
| we | would have contracepted |
| you | would have contracepted |
| they | would have contracepted |
Imperative
| you | contracept |
| we | Let's contracept |
| you | contracept |
Verbs conjugated like 'contracept'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contracept'
contract,
contact,
contradict,
contrast,
contravene,
controvert,
coextract,
conceipt,
conceit,
concert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Sample Sentences
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Through the wisdom of our legislators, only the intelligent may contracept, while the stupid are commanded to reproduce their kind. [1932, Will Durant, R. Long, R.R. Smith, “On the meaning of life”, in Inc., page 121:]
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… the facile assumption that we may be able to contracept our way to the Great Society. [1965, Stephen J. Plank, quoted in “Professor Warns Against Assuming Birth Pill To Cure Population Boom”, The Harvard Crimson, January 05, 1966]
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it is also assumed that women who breastfeed being contracepting as soon as they stop breastfeeding unless the sum of the duration of breastfeeding and the duration of contraception is greater than the length of the interval from last birth to next conception [1983, Toni Richards, Comparative analysis of fertility, breastfeeding, and contraception: a dynamic model, National Academies, page 27:]