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gainsay
(encz) | gainsay,namítat v: Michal Ambrož |
Gainsay
(gcide) | 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.
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I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
--Luke xxi.
15.
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The just gods gainsay
That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword
Be drained. --Shak.
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gainsay
(wn) | gainsay
v 1: take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn:
challenge, dispute, gainsay] |
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gainsay
(encz) | gainsay,namítat v: Michal Ambrož |
Againsay
(gcide) | Againsay \A*gain"say`\, v. t.
To gainsay. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Gainsayer
(gcide) | Gainsayer \Gain`say"er\, n.
One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the
gainsayers." --Tit. i. 9.
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Gainsaying
(gcide) | 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.
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I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
--Luke xxi.
15.
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The just gods gainsay
That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword
Be drained. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] |
gainsay
(wn) | gainsay
v 1: take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn:
challenge, dispute, gainsay] |
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