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Definition of Contradict
Contradict 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.
Contradict 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.
