† countersayv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To contradict, gainsay.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > speak against or contradict [verb (transitive)]
withsake971
withsayc1175
forbidc1275
withtellec1275
counterplead1377
again-saya1382
withsaya1382
contrary1382
countersay1393
withstand1513
transverse1532
cross1589
contradict1596
controvert1596
respire1629
scruple1639
contravene1722
oppugn1781
countervene1825
to stand down1869
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 224 Ich countresegge þe nat.
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiii. f. 176v Desire yt countersayeth the dutie, honor, and reputation of my state.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [noun]
withsaying?c1225
withsawa1250
gain-sawa1300
withsayc1315
again-sayingc1350
contradictionc1382
again-sawa1400
contraryinga1450
against-sayingc1450
againsay1484
saying-againa1500
controversion1548
countersaying1581
gain-speaking1583
contradict1606
obloquity1624
counter-speech1647
contrariation1651
crossing1692
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 751 Our Lord himselfe wept for Lazarus..And Christ saith..to the woman whose sonne was dead, Weepe not. Which counter saieng Paule reconcileth.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiii. 625 What practyses, what wyles, what countersayings, what inforcements.
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