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gainsay(dictionary)

gainsay (iou)



gainsay verb & noun. Now chiefly literary. ME.

A. verb trans. Pa. t. & pple -said, (rare) -sayed, .
Deny, contradict, (a statement etc.). ME.
J. Locke And that certainly you may think safely..without fear of being gain-said. E. A. Freeman Facts which cannot be gainsaid.
Refuse (a thing). rare. ME.
Speak or act against; oppose; hinder. LME.
P. Lively He had insisted on providing hospitality and would not be gainsaid.
b. noun. Contradiction. Now rare. M16.
'gainsayer noun LME.