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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contradicted};
p. pr & vb n. {Contradicting}.] [L. contradictus p. p. of
contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
{Diction}.]
1. To assert the contrary of to oppose in words to take
issue with to gainsay; to deny the truth of as of a
statement or a speaker; to impugn.
Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it
is not so --Shak.
The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
2. To be contrary to to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted
our intents. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i.
To oppose in words to gainsay; to deny, or assert the
contrary of something
They . . . spake against those things which were spoken
by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. --Acts xiii.
45.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
contradict
v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: {belie}, {negate}]
2: deny the truth of [syn: {negate}, {contravene}]
3: be resistant to "The board opposed his motion." [syn: {oppose},
{controvert}]
4: prove negative; show to be false [syn: {negate}] [ant: {confirm}]
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