† aˈgain-say, v. Obs.
[again- 1. Obs. (cf. gainsay.)]
1. To say nay; to refuse; to deny.
| 1330 R. Brunne Chron. 210 Þe Kyng William alle þis ageynsaid. c 1400 Apol. for Loll. 3 He þat may ageynsey his wombe, & despice þe goodis of þis world. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. vi. (1520) 74/1 The kynge wolde not them agaynsaye, but asmoche as they ordeyned he graunted and confyrmed. a 1520 Myrroure of our Ladye 150 And that the reson desyreth, the sensualyte againe sayth. |
2. trans. and intr. To speak against, contradict.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. iv. 30 Aȝensey thou not to the word of treuthe any maner [1388 Agenseie thou not the]. 1395 Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 76 Oo pope agenseith the sentence of a nothir. 1549 Chaloner tr. Erasm. Mor. Enc. E iiij b, The Archestoike Seneca strongly againsaieth me. 1552–5 Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 40 They cannot suffer to be againsaid. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (1869) 173 From the beginning, as to say [twixt for betwixt] [gainsay for againesay:] [ill for euill]. |
3. To reverse (a judgment or sentence).
| 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 65 Ane amerciament of ane fals dome againe said in the Justitiars court, is ten pounds. |