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gainsay

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɡeɪnˈseɪ/Part of speech verbSorted aaginsyStarts with GEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. take exception to

Word origin

From Middle English gainsayen, ȝeinseggen (“to say against, say in opposition to”), equivalent to gain- + say. Compare Old Danish gensige (“to speak against; gainsay”), Swedish gensaga (“a speaking against; protest”).

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  • The supreme court, therefore, may assume jurisdiction over subjects and between parties, not allowed by the constitution, and there is no power in the federal government to gainsay it.
  • So she had, cried Scrooge. You’re right. I will not gainsay it, Spirit. God forbid!
  • And there was something childlike about Griffith, too, even in his Matlock days, as a deceptively sharp 'simple country lawyer,' a big-kid boyishness that did not mask his intelligence or gainsay his authority.

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