противоречить

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Russian

Etymology

противо- (protivo-) +‎ речь (rečʹ) +‎ -ить (-itʹ)

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Verb

противоре́чить (protivoréčitʹimpf

  1. to contradict
    • 1880, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Книга седьмая. III”, in Братья Карамазовы; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov, 1912:
      До сей мину́ты он находи́л весьма́ полити́чным не о́чень противоре́чить Гру́шеньке, несмотря́ на все её щелчки́, и́бо ви́дно бы́ло, что она́ име́ла над ним каку́ю-то власть.
      Do sej minúty on naxodíl vesʹmá politíčnym ne óčenʹ protivoréčitʹ Grúšenʹke, nesmotrjá na vse jejó ščelčkí, íbo vídno býlo, što oná iméla nad nim kakúju-to vlastʹ.
      Till that moment he had thought it discreet not to contradict Grushenka too flatly in spite of her snubbing, since he had something to get out of her.
  2. to contrary, to be at variance, to conflict

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