verb
negate
To deny that something is true.
The witness’s statement negates the allegation.
Etymology
The Latin verb means to say no or deny. Negate preserves that direct sense when it rejects a statement as untrue.
More examples
- Adding not negates the proposition.
- The author carefully negated the claim made in the previous paragraph.
- His answer neither affirmed nor negated the assertion.
Forms
negate · negates · negated · negating
Similar words
- deny
- Deny rejects a claim; negate can be a precise logical operation that reverses its truth assertion.
- contradict
- Contradict asserts an opposing account; negate directly denies the proposition.