contradiction (s.xii1)
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contradiction (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  contradicere 2/ii,1118b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  contrediction 9,182a TL: contredicïon 2,791 DEAF:  contredicïon  DMF:  contradiction  TLF:  contradiction  OED:  contraction n.  MED:  contradiccioun n.  DMLBS:  contradictio 471b
contradictioun,  contradiccion,  contradiccione,  contradicciun,  contradictiun;  contredictiun,  countrediccioun,  cuntrediccion  

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1contradiction, objection: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) tu defendras els en tun tabernacle de la contradictiun des langues  59.30.26
( 1313-14 )  fet q’est simple et saunz contradiction  Ed II vii 19
( 1430-31 )  […] faitz et nommés, saunz ascun contradiction  iv 382
sanz contradiction
1indubitably, without question: 
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  (Gascony) aprés saunz countrediccioun retournereit al roi d’Engleterre  12.22
poser en contradiction a
1 to make objectable in the eyes of: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Posas nus en contradictiun as noz veisins, e li nostre enemi subsannerent nus  91.79.7
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