Negate

//nɪˈɡeɪt// verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

    "The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences."

  2. 2
    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of wordnet
  3. 3
    To nullify or cause to be ineffective.

    "Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds."

  4. 4
    prove negative; show to be false wordnet
  5. 5
    To be negative; bring or cause negative results.

    "a pessimism that always negates"

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  1. 6
    deny the truth of wordnet
  2. 7
    To perform the NOT operation on.
  3. 8
    be in contradiction with wordnet

Synonyms

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contradictneutralizeabateabnegateabolishabrogate

Antonyms

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affirm

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"The secret of Hegel's dialectic lies ultimately in this alone, that it negates theology through philosophy in order then to negate philosophy through theology."

Etymology

From Latin negātus, perfect passive participle of negō (“to deny, refuse, decline”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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