Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To speak against; contradict; deny; refuse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To contradict; gainsay; go against; oppose; resist.

Etymologies

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From Middle English withseyen, withseggen, from Old English wiþsecgan ("to renounce"), corresponding to with- +‎ say. Cognate with German widersagen ("to renounce").

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