Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.

*, New York 2001, p. 203:

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 […].

To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).

His testimony contradicts hers.

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

Everything he says contradicts me.

* Shakespeare

Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, / And say it is not so.

* Wordsworth

The future cannot contradict the past.

To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

* Hooker

No truth can contradict another truth.

* Shakespeare

A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.

Verb

(compar)

(label) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with' Y, one might have found it similar '''to''' Y or different ' from Y.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke

, title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

(label) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.

To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

(label) To be similar (often used in the negative ).

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Shall pack horsescompare with Caesar's?

(label) To get; to obtain.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

To fill his bags, and richesse to compare .