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withsays

withsays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of withsay.

Meaning of withsay

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

Questions about withsays

What is withsays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Withsays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of withsay.

Words near withsays in the dictionary

  1. withsaws
  2. withsay
  3. withsayer
  4. withsayers
  5. withsaying
  6. withsays
  7. withset
  8. withsets
  9. withsetting
  10. withsit
  11. withsits

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