Gainsay

Verb

 * 1) To contradict; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
 * 2) * 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles:
 * Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
 * Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.

Derived terms

 * gainsayer

Thesaurus
abjure, assert the contrary, be contrary to, belie, call into question, challenge, combat, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, disprove, dispute, fight, forswear, impugn, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, oppugn, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, reject, renounce, repudiate, resist, retract, revoke, take back, take issue with, traverse, withstand

Etymology
From gainsayen:, from gain-: + sayen:. More at,.

Translations

 * French:
 * Hungarian:, , megcáfol
 * Latin:, , refragor
 * Norwegian:


 * Portuguese: contradizer
 * Romanian: a contrazice
 * Russian: ,