Both Uses
contradict
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
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- I've lost full many a year in poring o'er it,
For perfect contradiction, you must know,
A mystery stands, and fools and wise men bow before it,
The art is old and new, my son.†Chpt All *contradiction = something (typically a statement) that disagrees with itself; or (more rarely) the act of disagreeing - All-contradicting sprite!†
Chpt Allcontradicting = disagreeing
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)