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gainsay
Part of speech: VerbTo contradict; speak against; oppose.
Part of speech: Past tense Part of speech: Past participleGainsaying.
Usage examples "gainsay":- He knew that at last he had old Loony Honeycutt's secret where he could put out his hand to it, with none to gainsay him. - "The Everlasting Whisper", Jackson Gregory.
- " I pointed out the whole to the shirra," said he, " and he could na' gainsay but it was varra clear." - "Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey", Washington Irving.
- For instance, some passages might be given in the teeth of the critic, and made to gainsay what he had been saying. - "Imaginary Interviews", W. D. Howells.