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# gainsay

«gainsay» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say that something is not true; to deny or argue…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) To gainsay someone is to refuse to agree with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

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

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gainsay» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gainsay/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.