= withsay, v. 1 2 3.

transitive. To speak or act against, oppose, resist; = gainsay, v. 3; occasionally to say (a thing) in opposition. Also, to disallow, forbid. Also a…

In various modified uses. with weakened sense: To argue or give one's opinion against. Obsolete.

to gainsay.

gen. To argue against (a person, statement, etc.); to oppose in argument; to contradict.

transitive. To speak against, contradict; to dispute; = gainsay, v. 2. Also intransitive with to.

intransitive. To make denial or contradiction; to speak in opposition to; also transitive to utter by way of contradiction.

To contradict, gainsay, to speak, write, or argue against. a person.

transitive. To contradict, gainsay.

To oppose in statement; to controvert, contradict, deny. Obsolete.

figurative. To act or speak in opposition to; to cross, thwart; in Law = traverse, v. 1. Obsolete.

figurative. To contradict, contravene, traverse (a sentence, statement, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To speak against or in opposition to; to oppose in speech; to forbid. a claim, action, purpose, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To contend against or oppose (an idea or position) in argument; to deny, refute, or contradict (a claim or assertion).

intransitive. With against. To oppose, to object to. Obsolete.

intransitive. To entertain or raise scruples; to hesitate, demur, †doubt. Chiefly to scruple at (also in indirect passive). Now rare.

To go counter to or oppose in argument; to contradict, dispute, deny (a proposition, etc.).

transitive. To oppose (a statement, argument, etc.) to another; to maintain in opposition that. Obsolete.

= contravene, v.

transitive. U.S. colloquial. To oppose (a person) by arguing a contrary point of view, esp. in an insistent or uncompromising manner; to overcome…