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.

They . . . spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts xiii. 45.

• To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
       His testimony contradicts hers.
  
• To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
       Everything he says contradicts me.