gainsay
verb (used with object)
to deny, dispute, or contradict.
am gainsaying
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present progressiveof gainsay (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Don't suppose that I am gainsaying you: I am only showing you that the theory is not new—" "But why do you persist in calling it a theory?
From The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
