contracept

== English == === 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. === Verb === contracept (third-person singular simple present contracepts, present participle contracepting, simple past and past participle contracepted) (intransitive) To use contraception 1965, Stephen J. Plank, quoted in “Professor Warns Against Assuming Birth Pill To Cure Population Boom”, The Harvard Crimson, January 05, 1966: … the facile assumption that we may be able to contracept our way to the Great Society. (transitive) To administer contraception, especially to a population of wild animals ==== Usage notes ==== In sense “to use contraception”, uncommon – more common is phrasal “use contraceptives” or “use contraception”. === References === === Anagrams === concept art, precontact