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Con`tra*dict" (?), v. 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.

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.

Con`tra*dict, v. i. To oppose
in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of,
something.


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