gainsay at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:

['geın'seı]

gainsay at English irregular forms Of Explained:

(gainsaid)

gainsay at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:

"to contradict," c.1300, lit. "say against," from O.E. gegn- "against" + say. "Solitary survival of a once common prefix" [Weekley], which was used to form such now-obsolete compounds as gain-taking "taking back again," gainclap "a counterstroke," gainbuy "redeem," and gainstand "to oppose." ///

gainsay at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:

v past tense and past participle gainsaid /-'sed/ [T usually in negatives] formal // [Date: 1300-1400; Origin: gain- 'against' (13-16 centuries) (from Old English gegn) + say]// to say that something is not true, or to disagree with someone// contradict// --No one dared to gainsay him.//

gainsay at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "gainsay":
abjure, assert the contrary, be contrary to, belie,
call into question, challenge, combat, contest, contradict,
contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow,
disavow, disclaim, disown, disprove, dispute, fight, forswear,
impugn, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit,
nullify, oppose, oppugn, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute,
reject, renounce, repudiate, resist, retract, revoke, take back,
take issue with, traverse, withstand

gainsay at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:

verb
(gainsays ) [VN] (formal) (often used in negative sentences) to say that sth is not true; to disagree with or deny sth:
Nobody can gainsay his claims.

Gainsay at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:

Gainsay \Gain`say"\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Gainsaid} (? or ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gainsaying}.] [OE.
geinseien, ageinseien. See {Again}, and {Say} to utter.]
To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
--Luke xxi.
15.

The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst
from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal
sword Be drained. --Shak.

gainsay at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:

gainsay
v : take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: {challenge},
{dispute}]
[also: {gainsaid}]

gainsay at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Etymology

From Inter: etyl » enm Inter: term » gainsayen|lang=enm, Inter: term » ȝeinseggen||to say against, say in opposition to|lang=enm, equivalent to Inter: prefix » gain|say.

Pronunciation

* Inter: rhymes » eɪ

Verb

Inter: en-verb » gainsays|gainsaying|gainsaid

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

1. Inter: quote-book » year=1840|author=Category: w - :Abel Upshur|Abel Upshur|title=Category: s - :A Brief Enquiry into the Nature and Character of our Federal Government|A Brief Enquiry into the Nature and Character of our Federal Government|publisher=Campbell|page=Category: s:Page - :Nature and Character of our Federal Government.djvu/102|84|passage=The supreme court, therefore, may assume jurisdiction over subjects and between parties, not allowed by the constitution, and there is no power in the federal government to gainsay it.
2. 1902, Category: w - :Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles:
3. : Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
4. Inter: quote-news »

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|passage=And there was something childlike about Griffith, too, even in his Matlock days, as a deceptively sharp 'simple country lawyer,' a big-kid boyishness that did not mask his intelligence or gainsay his authority.

Derived terms

* gainsayer

• gainsaying

  Translations

  Inter: trans-top » to deny; to contradict
• French: Inter: t+ » fr|contredire
• Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|tagad, Inter: t+ » hu|ellentmond, Inter: t+ » hu|megcáfol
• Latin: Inter: t- » la|adversor, Inter: t- » la|contradico|alt=contrādīcō, Inter: t- » la|refragor|alt=refrāgor
• Norwegian: Inter: t- » no|motsi

Inter: trans-mi » d

Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|contradizer|m

Romanian: a contrazice

Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|возражать, Inter: t+ » ru|отрицать

Spanish: Inter: t- » es|impugnar

Inter: trans-botto » m
Category: Category:English words prefixed with gain- -
Translation: et » gainsay
Translation: ko » gainsay
Translation: io » gainsay
Translation: it » gainsay
Translation: kn » gainsay
Translation: lt » gainsay
Translation: ml » gainsay
Translation: my » gainsay
Translation: pl » gainsay
Translation: fi » gainsay
Translation: ta » gainsay
Translation: te » gainsay
Translation: uk » gainsay
Translation: vi » gainsay
Translation: zh » gainsay

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