challenge, dispute, gainsay
(verb) take exception to; “She challenged his claims”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gainsay (third-person singular simple present gainsays, present participle gainsaying, simple past and past participle gainsaid)
(transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to.
Synonyms: controvert, deny, dispute, refute, withsay
• angiyas, gaysian
Source: Wiktionary
Gain`say" ( or ; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainsaid ( or ); p. pr. & vb. n. Gainsaying.] Etym: [OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See Again, and Say to utter.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2024
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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