English Explanatory Dictionary

contracept

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To use contraception
  2. To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals

Word forms

contracept contracepts contracepting contracepted

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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