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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But no voice of a gainsayer was heard, and Agni said: “Children of Tyr, what man will ye have for a leader and a duke of war?”
From The House of the Wolfings by William Morris
Surely Chrysostom had good reason when he selected the creation of the Christian people as that one miracle of Christ which no heathen gainsayer could deny.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
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
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
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
