Contradict /(?)/

Con·tra·dict

Contradict

v. t.

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.
    The future can not contradict the past.
  2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
    No truth can contradict another truth.
    A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents.

Contradict

v. i.
  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.