Gainsay
[geɪn'seɪ] or [,ɡen'se]
Definition
(v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Contradict, deny, controvert, dispute.
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Definition
v.t. to contradict: to deny: to dispute.—ns. Gain′sayer (B.) an opposer; Gain′saying.—v.t. Gain′strive (Spens.) to strive against.
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Examples
- And if I do, said Bois-Guilbert, who shall gainsay me? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is quite open to the reader to divide every number in the appended time diagram by ten or multiply it by two; no one can gainsay him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't gainsay it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There was no gainsaying this difficulty, and we relinquished all thoughts of pursuing Orlick at that time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There is no gainsaying that. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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