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Webster 1913 Edition

Contradict

Conˊtra-dict′

,
Verb.
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.
Dear Duff, I prithee,
contradict
thyself,
And say it is not so.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare

Conˊtra-dict

,
Verb.
I.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contradict

CONTRADICT

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to speak.]
1.
To oppose by words; to assert the contrary to what has been asserted, or to deny what has been affirmed.
It is not lawful to contradict a point of history known to all the world.
The Jews--spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Acts 13.
2.
To oppose; to be directly contrary to.
No truth can contradict another truth.

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