All 7 Uses
contradict
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Washington Square, by Henry James
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- It wouldn't give you any pleasure to contradict him?†
Chpt 7 *contradict = disagree
- "I never contradict him," said Catherine.†
Chpt 7
- She only smiled very sweetly, as if she understood everything; and, unlike Catherine too, she made no attempt to contradict him.†
Chpt 7
- Of course you are at liberty to contradict it flat.†
Chpt 14
- You know you have always your option of contradicting me.†
Chpt 14contradicting = disagreeing
- It was rather incoherent counsel, and from one day to another it contradicted itself; but it was pervaded by an earnest desire that Catherine should do something striking.†
Chpt 15contradicted = disagreed
- While she was engaged in this speculation, Catherine broke out, with a certain sharpness, "Why are you so contradictory, Aunt Penniman?†
Chpt 25contradictory = in disagreement
Definitions:
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(1)
(contradict) disagreein various senses, including:
- to say something is not true -- as in "She contradicted his testimony."
- to say something else is true when both can't be true -- as in "I don't believe her. She contradicted herself as she told us what happened."
- to be in conflict with -- as in "Her assertions contradict accepted scientific principles."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)