(..)magic hath been publically professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted, though practised by some still ….
To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
His testimony contradicts hers.
To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
Everything he says contradicts me.
Shakespeare
Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, / And say it is not so.
Wordsworth
The future cannot contradict the past.
To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
Hooker
No truth can contradict another truth.
A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.