contradict
[`kɑntrə'dɪkt]
vt. 驳, ...抵触, ...矛盾

vi. 驳

1. The two statements contradict each other.
   两种抵触。
2. The report contradicts what we heard yesterday.
   道矛盾。
3. Don't contradict your father.
   别父犟嘴。

contradict
[ verb ]

1. be in contradiction with

<verb.stative> belie negate

2. deny the truth of

<verb.communication> contravene negate

3. be resistant to

<verb.communication> controvert oppose
The board opposed his motion

4. prove negative; show to be false

<verb.cognition> negate

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.

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.


Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. 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.