withsaying

Verb

withsay (third-person singular simple present withsays, present participle withsaying, simple past and past participle withsaid)

1. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To contradict or deny.
   • Sythe I have sayd it, I wyll never withsay it.1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, 783/2
2. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing).
   • Let the lewd with faith and fervour worship. With will will we withstand, withsay.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
3. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.
   • I wyll not withsaye thy desyre.c. 1530, St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student, VI f xiii
4. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To decline, to refuse to do or accept.
   • This is in noe wise to bee withsaid, for it is the King's honour.c. 1670, ordinance in Collection of Ordinances of the Royal Household - 1327–1694 (1790), 372