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3 definitions found 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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