† withˈsaying, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. withsay v. + -ing1.]
Contradiction, gainsaying, opposition.
| a 1225 [see withsaw]. 1340 Ayenb. 233 Þou sselt louye god..mid ale þine wylle wyþ-oute wyþzigginge. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 71 Fame of Paradys haþ i-dured wiþoute wiþseienge sexe þowsand ȝere and more. c 1450 Godstow Reg. 194 To distreyne aftir their owne wil, without ony withseiyng of them or ther successours. c 1475 Partenay 482, I shal do With all my hole hert, without withsaing, Al that which ye wyll be me commaunding. |