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con·tra·dict (kän′trə dikt′)
transitive verb
- to assert the opposite of (what someone else has said)
- to deny the statement of (a person)
- to declare (a statement, report, etc.) to be false or incorrect
- to be contrary or opposed to; go against the facts contradict his theory
Etymology: < L contradictus, pp. of contradicere < contra-, contra- + dicere, to speak: see diction
intransitive verb
to speak in denial; oppose verbally
Related Forms:
- contradictable con′·tra·dict′·able adjective
- contradictor con′·tra·dic′·tor noun or contradicter con′·tra·dict′er
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