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contradict (verb), contradicts; contradicted; contradicting
1. To affirm the opposite of; to state what is untrue or erroneous; to deny categorically: There was a rumor going around that Susan was going to marry Steve, but she contradicted that right away! They weren't going to be married. They were just friends.
2. To be directly opposed to a statement or an action; to go against: Jim's mother was contradicting herself because; first she said that he could go to the movies with his friends, then she said he could not go!
3. Etymology: from Latin contradicere, "to speak against"; from contra-, "against, opposite" + dicere, "to speak, to say".
To be contrary or verbally opposed to; to assert the opposite of what someone else has said.
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contradict, contradicts; contradicted; contradicting
To affirm the opposite of; to categorically, deny; to be directly opposed to a statement or an action; to go against. (1)
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