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# gainsay

verb (gainsays, gainsaid, gainsaying) (old use)

«gainsay» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To gainsay is to say that something is not true; to deny or argue against it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/#m1)
2. To gainsay someone is to refuse to agree with them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a person who dares not contradict a powerful ruler

### Examples

- Nobody could gainsay the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/#x1)
- He dared not gainsay his master. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/#x2)
- I cannot gainsay that the sky is blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gainsay» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gainsay» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gainsay.html) on Mova free.