withsayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

withsay (三人称単数 現在形 withsays, 現在分詞 withsaying, 過去形および過去分詞形 withsaid)

1. (archaic or obsolete, transitive) To speak against someone or something.
   1. To contradict or deny.
      • 1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, 783/2:

        Sythe I have sayd it, I wyll never withsay it.

   2. To gainsay, to oppose in speech (かつ by extension writing).
      • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, published October 1922, OCLC 2297483:

        Let the lewd with faith and fervour worship. With will will we withstand, withsay.