Meaning of CONTRADICT
| Pronunciation: | | `kântru'dikt
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | belie, contravene, controvert, negate, negate, negate, oppose |
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| | Antonyms: | | affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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