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Contradict

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to assert the opposite of a statement made by someone else
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Stage 1 of 2
contradicere
Latin · ancient
"to say against"
to say against, from contra- (against) and dicere (to say)
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Stage 2 of 2
contradict
English · 1570s
"to state the opposite of something said"
settled as the English word for stating the opposite of something said
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