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Definition of Contradicts

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.

Meaning of Contradicts from wikipedia

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