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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Contradict \Con'tra*dict"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Contradicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contradicting}.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See {Diction}.]
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so. --Shak.
The future can not contradict the past. --Wordsworth.
2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. --Shak.
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