contradict
verb
[ kɒntrəˈdɪkt ]
• deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite.
• "the survey appears to contradict the industry's claims"
Similar:
deny,
refute,
rebut,
dispute,
counter,
say the opposite of,
gainsay,
controvert,
confute,
negative,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin contradict- ‘spoken against’, from the verb contradicere, originally contra dicere ‘speak against’.
