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Contradicted
Answer for the clue "Contradicted ", 8 letters:
gainsaid
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Word definitions for gainsaid in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: challenge , dispute ] [also: gainsaid ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: gainsay )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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.