contradict

Verb
Synonyms: belienegatecontraveneopposecontrovert

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. be in contradiction withSynonyms: belienegate
  2. deny the truth ofSynonyms: negatecontravene
  3. be resistant to“The board opposed his motion”Synonyms: opposecontrovert
  4. prove negative; show to be falseSynonyms: negate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something. [1913 Webster]

They . . . spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. --Acts xiii. 45. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The future can not contradict the past.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

2.To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

No truth can contradict another truth.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]
A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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