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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gainsay /geɪnˈseɪ/

▶verb (past and past part. gainsaid) formal deny or contradict; speak against.

– derivatives
gainsayer noun.

– origin ME: from obs. gain- ‘against’ + say.

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