Both Uses
contradict
in
Song of Myself
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- Do I contradict myself?†
*contradict = disagree
- Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)†
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)