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Meanings of gainsay (gainsaid) in inglês

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disputar

Take exception to.

disputar
Usage of gainsaid in inglês
1
A fact thus set down in substantial history cannot easily be gainsaid.
Moby Dick
2
The authority in her voice and manner was not to be gainsaid.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
3
The Emperor was not to be gainsaid, and the fleet set sail.
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem ...
4
Having fundamental principles which cannot be gainsaid, we may philosophically draw deductions.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
5
A mistress who loved in this manner was not to be gainsaid.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
6
But this, also, was a general observation that could not be gainsaid.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
7
There was a dominating quality about the man not to be gainsaid.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 07
8
And that one may be a word never to be unsaid-orgainsaid.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
9
He would have been astonished to think that that could be gainsaid.
The Street Called Straight
10
That is a fact which cannot be gainsaid, and this is impressive.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
11
Bush's desire to end terrorism and spread democracy can't be gainsaid.
The new yorker
12
Mr Justice Kelly said that this view could not be gainsaid.
The Irish Times
13
Whatever the king does is good, and cannot be gainsaid; but still .
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07
14
None fought with them, and none gainsaid; for all the land was waste.
The Roman and the Teuton / A Series of Lectures delivered before...
15
There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gainsaid.
And Then There Were None
16
That is a general rule among all geologists, and not to be gainsaid.
Town Geology
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