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1 gainsay
gain·say<-said, -said>[ˌgeɪnˈseɪ]vt ( form)▪ to \gainsay sth etw abstreiten [o leugnen]there's no \gainsaying her brilliance as an actress ihre brillante schauspielerische Leistung lässt sich nicht leugnen* * *["geIn'seɪ]vt pret, ptp gainsaid["geɪn'sed] widersprechen (+dat); fact (ab)leugnen, bestreiten; evidence, argument widerlegenit/the facts cannot be gainsaid — es lässt/die Tatsachen lassen sich nicht leugnen
there is no gainsaying his honesty — seine Ehrlichkeit lässt sich nicht leugnen
* * *gainsay [ˌɡeınˈseı] v/t irr obs oder poet1. etwas bestreiten, leugnen:there is no gainsaying his talent sein Talent ist unbestreitbar oder unbestritten2. jemandem widerstehen* * *v.leugnen v. -
2 gainsay
tr[geɪn'seɪ]1 formal use (generally negative) negar'geɪn'seɪtransitive verb (past & past p gainsaid 'geɪn'seɪd, 'geɪn'sed, ˌgeɪn'sed) (frml) (usu neg) refutar (frml)[ˌɡeɪn'seɪ](pt, pp gainsaid) VT liter contradecir, negar* * *['geɪn'seɪ]transitive verb (past & past p gainsaid ['geɪn'seɪd, 'geɪn'sed, ˌgeɪn'sed]) (frml) (usu neg) refutar (frml)
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