Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gainsay"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gainsay
v : take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: {challenge},
{dispute}]
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