† counterˈsay, v. Obs.
Also 4 countresegge.
[f. counter- 1 + say v.]
trans. To contradict, gainsay.
| 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xii. 224 Ich countresegge þe nat. 1566 Painter Pal. Pleas. II. 144 b, Desire that counter⁓sayeth the duty, honor, and reputation of my state. |
Hence † counterˈsaying vbl. n., contradiction.
| 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Notes 751 Our Lord himselfe wept for Lazarus..And Christ saith..to the woman whose sonne was dead, Weepe not. Which counter saieng Paule reconcileth. 1587 Golding De Mornay xxxiii. 537 What practises, what wiles, what countersayings, what inforcements. |