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Gainsaid

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.

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gainsaid

vb. (en-past of: gainsay)

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gainsaid

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gainsay

  1. v. take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: challenge, dispute]

  2. [also: gainsaid]

Usage examples of "gainsaid".

By accepting his mandate in the worlds of time and space, you have gainsaid aforehand any objection you might have justly entered, should you claim your full blood-right.

For now, having the ears of men, Sauron with many arguments gainsaid all that the Valar had taught.

But instinct would not be gainsaid: a curious instinct to which she refused to respond.

It would not be gainsaid, and when the soldiers tried to close the window, twenty angry fists broke the panes of glass.