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gainsay(verb) To oppose, especially by contradiction. Synonyms: challenge, disputeUsage: In vain did the poor old father weep and implore her pity; she was firm, and he dared not gainsay her.
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Daemon wrote:gainsay(verb) To oppose, especially by contradiction. Quote:We were joined at an early station by a trooper of the Imperial Light Horse who had been captured that day when on patrol. This man, whose name was Brockie, was a South African colonist. He passed himself off to the Boers as an officer, and as he spoke Dutch and Kaffir fluently and knew the country, we did not gainsay him. We thought he was the very man for us.
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Not gain as in accumulate, but as in agin, gainst, against. Gain with this meaning still exists in Scots, and in English dialects, but is obsolete in Standard English. Except in gainsay.
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thar wrote:Not gain as in accumulate, but as in agin, gainst, against. Gain with this meaning still exists in Scots, and in English dialects, but is obsolete in Standard English. Except in gainsay.
Interesting.
Cheers,
PSW
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"Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: / For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."
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