Both Uses
contradict
in
The Heir, by Kiera Cass
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- "You have," she contradicted.†
p. 147.6 *contradicted = disagreed
- I waited for him to contradict me, but he couldn't.†
p. 269.4contradict = disagree
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)