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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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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. 45.
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