Contradicting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contradict \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.
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              Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
              And say it is not so.                 --Shak.
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              The future can not contradict the past.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
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              No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
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              A greater power than we can contradict
              Hath thwarted our intents.            --Shak.
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