CONTRADICTED

Verb

contradicted

simple past tense and past participle of contradict

Adjective

contradicted (comparative more contradicted, superlative most contradicted)

Disputed; questioned.

Antonym: uncontradicted

Source: Wiktionary


CONTRADICT

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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