CONTRADICT

negate, contradict

(verb) prove negative; show to be false

oppose, controvert, contradict

(verb) be resistant to; “The board opposed his motion”

contradict, negate, contravene

(verb) deny the truth of

contradict, belie, negate

(verb) be in contradiction with

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

contradict (third-person singular simple present contradicts, present participle contradicting, simple past and past participle contradicted)

To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).

To deny the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).

To be contrary to (something).

(obsolete) To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).

(obsolete) To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).

(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.

Synonyms

• disconfirm

• deny

• dispute

• question

• gainsay

• refute

• controvert

• dispute

Source: Wiktionary

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Con`tra*dict", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contradicted; p.pr. & vb.n Contradicting.] Etym: [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.

Con`tra*dict, v. i.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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