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• (contravene)- to oppose in argument; gainsay; Be careful not to swerve from
it in the least, nor to listen to any advice, nor to anything which may be said
to contravene it.â — The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi;
• (refute)- to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge,
(( , ) / , / ,
); I have not thought that it was my duty as an editor
to attempt to refute or even to criticise Johnson's arguments. — Life Of
Johnson;
• (negate)-to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of, ( /
; / ); This will create a huge surge of positive energy which
we hope will help negate her cancer;
• (belie)- to show to be false; contradict, ( ); But
her voice and face belied her words. — Mercy Philbrick's Choice;
• (beeline)- a direct route traveled quickly; On arrival we parked outside The
Cinema Bookshop and quickly made a beeline for the door;
negate^ abnegate = deny = traverse {cross}
• (negate)-to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of, ( /
; / ); This will create a huge surge of positive energy which
we hope will help negate her cancer;
• (abnegate)- to give up (rights or a claim, for example); renounce; Blindly to
obey their commands would be to abnegate free agency and selfresponsibility.
" — Fairy Fingers A Novel;
• (traverse)- Law to deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing
party) in a suit;
• to travel or pass across, over, or through;
assert = aver = avouch = avow {allege} # disavow
• (assert)- to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or
positively; affirm; aver, (( ) ;
); The old attitude and expression assert themselves. — A Handbook to the
Works of Browning (6th ed.);
• (aver)- to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or
peremptory manner, ( , ); I averred, as your
correspondent the curate did, that I could not find any such charm. — Notes
and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850;
• (avouch)- to declare the provable truth or validity of; affirm; Thirty years
ago the opinion had millions of supporters; while millions again were ready
to avouch the exact contrary. — The Paris Sketch Book;
• (avow)- to declare frankly or openly; own; acknowledge; confess; admit,