gainsay (verb) - to deny, contradict, or oppose [geyn-sey]
BREAKDOWN: GAIN- (against) + SAY- (say, speak)
say means to utter, speak, or express in words; to conjecture or assume certain conditions (past tense: said)
“It is right that the good should be happy, that the wicked and the impious on the other hand, should be miserable; that is a truth, I believe, which no one will gainsay.” —Aristophanes
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