Contradict /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Contradicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting

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.

   The future can not contradict the past.

2. 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.

1. 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.