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31contradict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gainsay, deny, belie, controvert, refute, disprove, overthrow; dispute, dissent. See negation. Ant., confirm, accept. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To oppose] Syn. differ, call in question, confront; see… …
32deny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection. Ant., acknowledge, admit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contradict, dispute,… …
33disprove — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. refute, confute, explode, defeat. See negation, confutation. Ant., prove, demonstrate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prove false, discredit, controvert, refute, confute, rebut, throw out, set aside, find …
34dispute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contradict, controvert, doubt, contest, question; argue, debate, quarrel, bicker, wrangle. n. disputation, debate, argument, disagreement. See discord, negation, reasoning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
35gainsay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict (see negation). Ant., confirm. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deny] Syn. disclaim, refute, repudiate; see deny . 2. [To contradict] Syn. disagree, dispute, controvert; see oppose 1 . See… …
36disprove — disprove, refute, confute, rebut, controvert mean to show or attempt to show by argument that a statement, a claim, a proposition, or a charge is not true. Disprove stresses the success of an argument in showing the falsity, erroneousness, or… …
37Dispute — Dis*pute , v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. [1913 Webster] The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt… …
38R v Carroll — infobox Court Case name = R v Carroll court = High Court of Australia image size = 200 date decided = December 5 2002 full name = The Queen v Raymond John Carroll citations = (2002) 213 CLR 635; [2002] HCA 55… …
39contest — con·test 1 /kən test/ vt: to dispute or challenge through legal procedures contest a will con·test 2 / kän ˌtest/ n: a challenge brought through formal or legal procedures boundary controversies or other contest s between states Felix… …
40debate — I verb agitate, altercate, argue, argue pros and cons, attempt to disprove, bandy, battle verbally, canvass, confer with, confute, consider, consult with, contend, contest, controvert, deliberate, disagree, discept, discuss, dispute, engage in… …
