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contradict
verb /kɒntɹəˈdɪkt/
a) To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).

[...] magic hath been publically professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted, though practised by some still [...].

b) To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).

His testimony contradicts hers.

Syn: disconfirm, deny, dispute, question

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