gainsay

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Gainsay me not; for his sake are ye dear That sent you to our house; and though my part In life be low, I am no churl at heart.

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert

Gainsay, gān′sā, v.t. to contradict: to deny: to dispute.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Gainsay it not that thou dost long for learning.”

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster

God orders all, according to His will; Gainsay Him not in what He      doth prepare, But trust in happy fortune near at hand, Wherein thou shalt      forget the woes that were.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John

Gainsay it, and there need be no change—no going to Texas.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne