withsay

词形变化

withsaid withsaying withsays 三单 withsays withsaying 现在分词 withsaid 过去式 withsaid 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To speak against someone or something.

    To contradict or deny.

    古体 废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To speak against someone or something.

    To gainsay, to oppose in speech (and by extension writing).

    古体 废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To speak against someone or something.

    To forbid, to refuse to allow, give, or permit.

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  4. 4.

    To speak against someone or something.

    To decline, to refuse to do or accept.

    古体 废旧 及物

    This is in noe wise to bee withsaid, for it is the King's honour.

    I sent to them also martyrs, confessors, and doctors, and they accorded not to them, ne to their doctrine, but because it appertaineth not to me to withsay thy request, I shall give to them my preachers, by whom they may be enlumined and made clean, or else I shall come against them myself if they will not amend them.

词源

From Middle English withseien, from Old English wiþseċġan (“to speak against; to denounce, renounce, or deny”), corresponding to with- + say. Cognate with Old Saxon witharseggian (“to object”), Low German wedderseggen (“to renounce”), German widersagen (“to renounce”), Dutch wederzeggen and weerzeggen.

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