Both Uses of
negate
in
War and Peace
- Napoleon silently shook his head in negation.†
Chpt 10 *
- Assuming the negation to refer only to the victory and not to the lunch, M. de Beausset ventured with respectful jocularity to remark that there is no reason for not having lunch when one can get it.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(negate) to contradict, offset, or render meaningless