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Contradict
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What's The Definition Of Contradict?
[v] prove negative; show to be false
[v] be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion." [v] deny the truth of [v] be in contradiction with Synonyms | Synonyms for Contradict: belie | contravene | controvert | negate | negate | negate | oppose Related Terms | Find terms related to Contradict: abjure | abrogate | agree to disagree | annul | answer | answer conclusively | antagonize | argue down | assert the contrary | be antipathetic | be at cross-purposes | be contrary to | be inimical | be opposed to | beat against | belie | break | break off | brush aside | call into question | challenge | chuck | chuck out | clash | collide | conflict | conflict with | confound | confute | contemn | contest | contrapose | contrast with | contravene | controvert | counter | counteract | counterattack | counterbalance | countercheck | counterpoise | counterpose | countervail | counterwork | cross | crush | decline | defeat | demolish | deny | despise | differ | disaccord | disaffirm | disagree | disallow | disapprove | disavow | discard | disclaim | discount | disdain | dismiss | disown | dispose of | disprove | dispute | disregard | dissent | except | exclude | falsify | finish | floor | forbid | forswear | gainsay | garble | go against | go counter to | ignore | impugn | interfere with | jangle | jar | join issue upon | jostle | juxtapose in opposition | lock horns | meet head-on | militate against | mismatch | mismate | negate | negative | nonplus | not accept | not admit | nullify | object | offset | oppose | oppugn | overthrow | overturn | overwhelm | parry | pass by | pass up | play at cross-purposes | push aside | put to silence | rebuff | rebut | recant | reduce to silence | refuse | refuse to admit | refuse to consider | refute | reject | renounce | repel | repudiate | repulse | resist | retract | reverse | revoke | run against | run counter to | scout | set off | settle | shove away | shut up | silence | smash all opposition | spurn | squash | squelch | subvert | swim upstream | take back | take issue with | throw away | throw out | traverse | turn away | turn out | undermine | upset | vary | waive | work against See Also | blackball | confute | demonstrate | deny | depart | deviate | differ | disagree | disprove | dissent | diverge | establish | invalidate | negative | nullify | protest | prove | rebut | refute | resist | shew | show | take issue | vary | veto Contradict In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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