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Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i.
To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the
contrary of, something.
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They . . . spake against those things which were spoken
by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. --Acts xiii.
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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.
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Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
And say it is not so. --Shak.
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The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
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No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
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A greater power than we can contradict
Hath thwarted our intents. --Shak.
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