Contradict — Defs

01 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.

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.” — 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.

02 v. i. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.

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.” — Acts xiii. 45.