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Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. I do not bear these crossings. Shak.

ial. We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction. Tillotson.

nt, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

nto two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.

To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.

To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] Shak.

succeeded by the wearing duties of hard everyday routine. Froude. Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness. Bancroft.

in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men. A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.

ther A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.

To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. Shak.…

One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.

n fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.

ty; helplessness. [R.] Latimer. Logical impossibility, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and not be at the same time. See Principle of Contradiction, under Contradiction.

To attack by words or arguments; to contradict; to assail; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to gainsay; to oppose. The truth hereof I will net rashly pugn, or overboldly affirm. Peacham.

pinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! Swift.

at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.

o imply. He knows His end with mine involved. Milton. The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction. Tillotson.

A character [] used to contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.

r term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception. This is a known rule in divinity, that there is no command that runs in negatives but couches under it a positive duty. South.