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Contradict v. t. (past & past part. contradicted; pres. part. contradicting)

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." "The future can not contradict the past."

To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. (Obs.) "No truth can contradict another truth." "A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents."

Contradict 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."

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