Associations to the word «Gainsay»

Wiktionary

GAINSAY, verb. To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

Dictionary definition

GAINSAY, verb. Take exception to; "She challenged his claims".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky