negate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

Does our "Swat the fly" campaign of recent years negate the kindly attitude emphasized in the poem? — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
It never tries to expand; and so there is no chance for anything to exclude or negate it. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
Already I can tell your problem is a self-inflicted trauma that has negated the natural condition wherein your mind and body work in unison." — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover

contradict, belie

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