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  1. 1. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. be in contradiction with Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. deny the truth of Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. be resistant to Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. prove negative; show to be false Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 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. 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. Source: webster
  9. 9. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contraryof, something.They . . . spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,contradicting and blaspheming. Acts xiii. 45. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:100 v. be in contradiction with v. deny the truth of Source: ecdict

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