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Antonyms for negate
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ni-geyt, neg-eyt |
Phonetic Transcription : nɪˈgeɪt, ˈnɛg eɪt |
Definition of negate
Origin :- 1795 (with an isolated use from 1620s), back-formation from negation, or else from Latin negatus, past participle of negare. Related: Negated; negates; negating.
- verb contradict, countermand
- Sensitiveness, Culture, seemed to negate spontaneity of action.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- The idea of wholeness does not negate an appreciation of the complexity of being.
- Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
- We could negate the efforts of any echelon below the Eddorians themselves, it is true.
- Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
- The Anarchistic teachings have in common only this, that they negate the State for our future.
- Extract from : « Anarchism » by Paul Eltzbacher
- A part of them negate law for our future; these teachings may be called anomistic.
- Extract from : « Anarchism » by Paul Eltzbacher
- They have this in common, that they negate the State for our future.
- Extract from : « Anarchism » by Paul Eltzbacher
- I must not only negate but I must also restore the negation again.
- Extract from : « Landmarks of Scientific Socialism » by Friedrich Engels
- We have electron deflecting suits that negate the effects of the anionizers.
- Extract from : « The Revolutions of Time » by Jonathan Dunn
- For even to allow a shadow of finiteness in the Absolute is to negate it; to define it is to annihilate it!
- Extract from : « Nature Mysticism » by J. Edward Mercer
- As knowledge grows, interpretations become more adequate to the objective facts, but it does not negate them.
- Extract from : « Nature Mysticism » by J. Edward Mercer
Synonyms for negate
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- belie
- blackball
- break with
- cancel
- cancel out
- controvert
- countercheck
- cross
- deny
- ding
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disprove
- dump
- fly in the face of
- frustrate
- gainsay
- impugn
- invalidate
- kill
- negative
- neutralize
- nullify
- oppose
- put down
- quash
- rebut
- redress
- refute
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- stonewall
- traverse
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- undo
- vitiate
- void
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