negative
adjective
expressing or containing negation or denial.
have negatived
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present perfectof negative.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There is every reason to suppose that even in 1829 a plébiscite, had one been possible, would have negatived the Catholic Relief Bill.
From England's Case Against Home Rule by Albert Venn Dicey
The plan above suggested would have negatived even more positively the boast and promise of the Confederate chief that Sherman should be driven out of Georgia.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
The researches of Cuvier and others have negatived the theory of Lamarcke as to the transmutation of species.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
On the score of impropriety and improbability it might in the old days have appealed to the Criterion management; but its lack of broad humour must have negatived these advantages.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
"Were it not for the outdoor popularity of General Jackson," wrote Webster, "the Senate would have negatived more than half his nominations."
From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Frederic Austin Ogg
