gainsay
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gainsay (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente gainsays, participio presente gainsaying, passato semplice e participio passato gainsaid)
- negare, rifiutare
- contraddire, confutare, contrastare
- opporsi a
- the Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo (Baskerville), nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man - il castello di Baskerville era in possesso di Hugo (Baskerville), e non si può negare che fosse un uomo estremamente selvaggio, sacrilego e blasfemo (Arthur Conan Doyle, Il mastino dei Baskerville, cap. 2)
- to gainsay the authority of the king - contraddire l'autorità del re
- IPA: /ˈɡeɪnˌseɪ/, /ɡeɪnˈseɪ/
dal medio inglese gainsayen, ȝeinseggen, equivalente a gain (come avverbio, oggi scomparso, dal significato di "contrario") e say, "dire"
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"