gainsay : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gainsay	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gainsay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gainsay v take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: challenge, dispute, 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.