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    [Verb]  | "gain*say" | \ ˌgān-ˈsā \


    1: to declare to be untrue or invalid

    2: contradict, oppose


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English yein seyen, gein-seyen "to speak in opposition to, deny," from yein-, gein- "away, back, against, in opposition to" (going back to Old English gēan- "in opposition to," or marking returning or reciprocal action, going back to Germanic *gagna-) + seyen "to {see: |say:1|say:1}" {mat|again|};

    [Verb]  | "gainsaid" 


    1: to declare not to be true;


      * e.g., " ... it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money "





    2: to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another);


      * e.g., " ... repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts "





    [Verb]  | "gainsay" 


    1: to declare not to be true;


      * e.g., " ... it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money "





    2: to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another);


      * e.g., " ... repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts "





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