According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
GAINSAY
challenge, dispute, gainsay
(verb) take exception to; “She challenged his claims”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
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
Anagrams
• 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
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