contradict

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UK /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/ US /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/verb

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Which meaning of 'contradict' best matches the usage in the sentence?

Now no truth can contradict any truth; desirous therefore they were to be taught, how bothe might stand together, that which they knew could not be false, because Christ spake it; and this which to them did seeme true, onely because the Scribes had said it.