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negate
negate
English
Verb
negate (third-person singular simple present negates, present participle negating, simple past and past participle negated)
- To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
- Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.
- To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
- a pessimism that always negates
- (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
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- negate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- negate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911