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		gainsaygain‧say /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle gainsaid /-ˈsed/) [transitive usually in negatives] formal    gainsayOrigin: 1300-1400 gain-  ‘against’ (13-16 centuries) (from Old English gegn) + say  VERB TABLEgainsay |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | gainsay |   | he, she, it | gainsays |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gainsaid |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gainsaid |   | he, she, it | has gainsaid |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gainsaid |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gainsay |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gainsaid |  
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 | Present | I | am gainsaying |   | he, she, it | is gainsaying |   | you, we, they | are gainsaying |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was gainsaying |   | you, we, they | were gainsaying |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gainsaying |   | he, she, it | has been gainsaying |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gainsaying |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gainsaying |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gainsaying |  
    - It may be very difficult to gainsay the claim.
 
 - And who could gainsay either of them?
 - Few could gainsay that such growth poses an unprecedented challenge to mankind.
 - Mr Smith's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them.
 
    to say that something is not true, or to disagree with someone  SYN  contradict:   No one dared to gainsay him.  |