Gainsaid | Word Gainsaid at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

Did you know that MLK used the word gainsaid actually "gainsaying" in his Letter From a Birmingham Jail?
But what's this "sense of revulsion" that has come over Ann, just from a chance encounter with "gainsaid"?
That the argument is effective cannot be gainsaid.
This was perfectly lawful, and could not be gainsaid.

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