English Dictionary: contradict | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |