Contradict vs Incontradictable - What's the difference?
contradict | incontradictable |
(obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
*, New York 2001, p. 203:
To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
* Shakespeare
* Wordsworth
To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
* Hooker
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Not able to be contradicted; incontrovertible.
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 83:
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between contradict and incontradictable
is that contradict is (obsolete) to speak against; to forbid while incontradictable is (obsolete) not able to be contradicted; incontrovertible.As a verb contradict
is (obsolete) to speak against; to forbid.As an adjective incontradictable is
(obsolete) not able to be contradicted; incontrovertible.contradict
English
Verb
(en verb)- 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 […].
- His testimony contradicts hers.
- Everything he says contradicts me.
- Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, / And say it is not so.
- The future cannot contradict the past.
- No truth can contradict another truth.
- A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.
Synonyms
* (l) * (l) * disconfirm * deny * dispute * question * gainsay * refute * controvert * disputeSee also
* gainsayincontradictable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And now where some affirmed it was ill done of the Councell to send forth men so badly provided, this incontradictable reason will shew them plainely they are too ill advised to nourish such ill conceits [...].