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Definition of Gainsays
1. gainsay [v] - See also: gainsay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gainsays
Literary usage of Gainsays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Studies, Educational and Literary by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1890)
"... Thy hands the victory have wrought, Whoso gainsays a conqueror, gainsays from
foolish lack of thought. I venture but a single prayer, well-weighing both ..."
2. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1887)
"... pronouncing anathema on ever}' man that opposes and gainsays the doctrines of
the holy and catholic Church ; and likewise on those who by inventing ..."
3. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churchby Augustine, John Chrysostom by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1887)
"... pronouncing anathema on every man that opposes and gainsays the doctrines of
the holy and catholic Church ; and likewise on those who by inventing false ..."
4. Expositions on the Book of Psalms by Augustine (1857)
"Thy wife perchance gainsays thee, thy children gainsay thee, sometimes even thy
slave contumaciously gainsays thee, and thou doest not what thou wiliest. ..."
5. The Treasury of David: Containing an Original Exposition of the Book of by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1886)
"Thy wife, perchance, gainsays thee, thy children gainsay thee, sometimes even
thy servant contumaciously gainsays thee, and thou doest not what thou wiliest ..."
6. The treasury of David: containing an original exposition of the Book of psalms by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1886)
"Thy wife, perchance, gainsays thee, thy children gainsay thee, sometimes even
thy servant contumaciously gainsays thee, and thou doest not what thou wiliest ..."
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