verb

• To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
• To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
• To be contrary to (something).
• (obsolete) To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
• (obsolete) To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
• (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.