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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Gainsay \Gain`say"\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Gainsaid} (? or ?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gainsaying}.] [OE.
     geinseien, ageinseien. See {Again}, and {Say} to utter.]
     To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
  
           I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
           adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
                                                    --Luke xxi.
                                                    15.
  
           The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst
           from thy mother, My sacred aunt, should by my mortal
           sword Be drained.                        --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gainsay
       v : take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: {challenge},
            {dispute}]
       [also: {gainsaid}]

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