Contracept

verb

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Verb

1
To use contraception intransitive
"Through the wisdom of our legislators, only the intelligent may contracept, while the stupid are commanded to reproduce their kind."
2
To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals transitive

Example

"Through the wisdom of our legislators, only the intelligent may contracept, while the stupid are commanded to reproduce their kind."

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.

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