gainsay
verb (used with object)
to deny, dispute, or contradict.
gainsayer
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a word derived from
gainsay.
Example Sentences
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Again, when the gainsayer in a public debate is closely pursued by the truth, he uses invectives instead of arguments, which is a plain indication of his mouth being stopped.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
The compendious method of silencing a gainsayer or satisfying an anxious inquirer by flourishing a New Testament in his face, and crying 'En sacrum codicem,' seems hardly likely to have been very effective.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
I say that I am King of Oakenrealm, and the very son of King Christopher the Old; and that will I maintain with my body against every gainsayer.
From Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris
Pray send me your authority to confound this gainsayer, if you know any thing particular of the matter.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
Nor is it open to the gainsayer to contend that they were kings indeed but of some chance city.
From Agesilaus by Henry Graham Dakyns
