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Gainsay

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To declare false; deny. See Synonyms at deny.

v. To oppose, especially by contradiction.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To contradict; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true; controvert; dispute: applied to persons, or to propositions, declarations, or facts.

n. A gainsaying; opposition in words; contradiction.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. take exception to

Word Usage

"Indeed, I have offended and done evil; but I crave pardon of Allah Almighty for whatso I did, and if He reunite us, I will never again gainsay thee in aught, no, never! —"

Verb Form

gainsaid gainsayed gainsaying gainsays

Variant

gainsaid

Form

gainsaid gainsaying gainsayer

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

contradict deny controvert dispute forbid