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Definition of Negate
1. Verb. Be in contradiction with.
Generic synonyms: Depart, Deviate, Diverge, Vary
Derivative terms: Contradictory, Contradictory, Contradictory, Contradictory, Negation
2. Verb. Deny the truth of.
Generic synonyms: Differ, Disagree, Dissent, Take Issue
Specialized synonyms: Deny
Derivative terms: Contradiction, Contradictory, Contradictory, Negation, Negation, Negative
3. Verb. Prove negative; show to be false.
Category relationships: Logic, Logical System, System Of Logic
Generic synonyms: Demonstrate, Establish, Prove, Shew, Show
Specialized synonyms: Invalidate, Nullify, Confute, Disprove
Antonyms: Affirm
Derivative terms: Negative
4. Verb. Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
Generic synonyms: Weaken
Derivative terms: Neutralisation, Neutralization, Nullification
Definition of Negate
1. Verb. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. ¹
2. Verb. To nullify or cause to be ineffective. ¹
3. Verb. To be negative; bring or cause negative results. ¹
4. Verb. (computing) To perform the NOT operation on. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Negate
1. to nullify [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES] - See also: nullify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Negate
Literary usage of Negate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1884)
"Let us go back to our red- sided, right-angled triangle, six inches long, and
having two of its sides equal. I negate the redness of its sides, I negate its ..."
2. The British Arms in North China and Japan: Peking 1860; Kagosima 1862 by David Field Rennie (1864)
"Consular trial at Yokohama—Affairs in Japan in September, 1863—The Prince of
negate—The Tycoon unfolds his foreign ..."
3. The Syllogistic Philosophy Or Prolegomena to Science by Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1906)
"Now the negation of A negates the denotation of A, but does not negate the
connotation — negates the marks which A denotes, but does not negate what has ..."
4. The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James (1911)
"Do the horse-cars jingling outside negate me writing in this room ? ... Of course,
if I say, "Reader, we are two, and therefore I am two," I negate you, ..."
5. Synthetica: Being Meditations Epistemological and Ontological by Simon Somerville Laurie (1906)
"I cannot in the same breath affirm an identity and negate it, relatively to that
identity. When, however, I say the " phenomenon is " and emphasise the term ..."
6. Synthetica: Being Meditations Epistemological and Ontological by Simon Somerville Laurie (1906)
"I cannot in the same breath affirm an identity and negate it, relatively to that
identity. When, however, I say the " phenomenon is " and emphasise the term ..."
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