Both Uses of
contradict
in
The Secret Hour
- At last Rex would have someone to help him sift through the endless troves of midnighter knowledge, to compare interpretations of confusing and contradictory tales, to read alongside him.†
Chpt 12
- Although 'flying slither' kind of sounds like a contradiction to me.†
Chpt 13 *
Definition:
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(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."