"withsay" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: withsays [present, singular, third-person], withsaying [participle, present], withsaid [participle, past], withsaid [past]
Etymology: From Middle English withseien, from Old English wiþseċġan (“to speak against; to denounce, renounce, or deny”), corresponding to with- + say. Cognate with Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), German widersagen (“to renounce”), Dutch wederzeggen and weerzeggen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|withseien}} Middle English withseien, {{inh|en|ang|wiþseċġan|t=to speak against; to denounce, renounce, or deny}} Old English wiþseċġan (“to speak against; to denounce, renounce, or deny”), {{prefix|en|with|say}} with- + say, {{cog|osx|witharseggian||to object}} Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), {{cog|nds|wedderseggen||to renounce}} Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), {{cog|de|widersagen||to renounce}} German widersagen (“to renounce”), {{cog|nl|wederzeggen||}} Dutch wederzeggen, {{m|nl|weerzeggen||}} weerzeggen Head templates: {{en-verb|withsays|withsaying|withsaid}} withsay (third-person singular simple present withsays, present participle withsaying, simple past and past participle withsaid)
  1. (archaic or obsolete, transitive) To speak against someone or something.
    To contradict or deny.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-withsay-en-verb-b98fp4Wf
  2. (archaic or obsolete, transitive) To speak against someone or something.
    To gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing).
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-withsay-en-verb-6meQgiJs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with with- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 65 9 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with with-: 16 35 26 23
  3. (archaic or obsolete, transitive) To speak against someone or something.
    To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-withsay-en-verb-bQtQTGYE
  4. (archaic or obsolete, transitive) To speak against someone or something.
    To decline, to refuse to do or accept.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-withsay-en-verb-tkzPzTTL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gainsay, withspeak Derived forms: withsayer, withsaying Related terms: withsaw

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for withsay meaning in All languages combined (5.5kB)

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