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Meanings of gainsay in inglés

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disputar

Take exception to.

disputar
Usage of gainsay in inglés
1
Something called Parliament had decreed it, and no one could gainsay that.
The lady elizabeth
2
But no one could gainsay his eagerness and devotion to the cause.
A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike
3
Yet thus are they turned aside who gainsay the signs of God.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
4
I therefore held my peace, fearing to gainsay the words of Baatu.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
5
Thus far no intelligent psychical researcher will gainsay what I have said.
Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism / H...
6
No man can gainsay this, for on every side is the evidence.
Friday, the Thirteenth: A Novel
7
And Judith said: What am I that should gainsay my lord's desire.
Bible Stories and Religious Classics
8
Let a man only be perfectly honest-noone can utterly gainsay him.
Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"
9
Wherefore gainsay thou not the King's commandment and that of thy brethren.'
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
10
How should he, Hilarius, gainsay one with a vision from the Lord?
The Gathering of Brother Hilarius
11
Thus M. Zola hopes much from her, and who will gainsay him?
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1
12
And then she'll appeal to Whit when mother refuses to gainsay you.
Destined to last
13
How impossible she had made it for any one to gainsay her!
The Debtor: A Novel
14
Angel of Light, I cannot gainsay thee, I can but obey thee!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
15
Why will you be so presumptuous as to gainsay a prophet's assertions!
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
16
The whole world would in vain gainsay this point; every sensation is personal.
The French Revolution - Volume 3
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