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con⋅tra⋅dict
[kon-truh-dikt] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically. |
| 2. | to speak contrary to the assertions of: to contradict oneself. |
| 3. | (of an action or event) to imply a denial of: His way of life contradicts his stated principles. |
| 4. | Obsolete. to speak or declare against; oppose. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to utter a contrary statement. |
Origin:
1560–70; < L contrādictus (ptp. of contrādīcere to gainsay), equiv. to contrā- contra-1 + dic- (var. s. of dīcere to speak) + -tus ptp. suffix
1560–70; < L contrādictus (ptp. of contrādīcere to gainsay), equiv. to contrā- contra-1 + dic- (var. s. of dīcere to speak) + -tus ptp. suffix
Related forms:
con⋅tra⋅dict⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅tra⋅dict⋅er, con⋅tra⋅dic⋅tor, noun
Antonyms:
1. support.
1. support.
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| con·tra·dict (kŏn'trə-dĭkt') v. con·tra·dict·ed, con·tra·dict·ing, con·tra·dicts v. tr.
To utter a contradictory statement. [Latin contrādīcere, contrādict-, to speak against : contrā-, contra- + dīcere, to speak; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] con'tra·dict'a·ble adj., con'tra·dict'er, con'tra·dic'tor n. |
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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. 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
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.
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Language Translation for : contradict
Spanish:
contradecir,
German:
widersprechen,
Japanese:
反対する
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