withsay
To speak against someone or somethingTo speak against someone or something.: To contradict or deny.
Meaning
4 sensesTo speak against someone or something.
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To contradict or deny.
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing).
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To decline, to refuse to do or accept.
Origin
From Middle English withseien, from Old English wiþseċġan (“to speak against; to denounce,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.
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Forms
withsays, withsaying, withsaid, withsaidSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle