| 单词 |
again-say |
| 释义 |
† aˈgain-say, v. Obs.
[again- 1. Obs. (cf. gainsay.)]
1. To say nay; to refuse; to deny.
1330R. Brunne Chron. 210 Þe Kyng William alle þis ageynsaid. c1400Apol. for Loll. 3 He þat may ageynsey his wombe, & despice þe goodis of þis world. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. vi. (1520) 74/1 The kynge wolde not them agaynsaye, but asmoche as they ordeyned he graunted and confyrmed. a1520Myrroure of our Ladye 150 And that the reson desyreth, the sensualyte againe sayth.
2. trans. and intr. To speak against, contradict.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. iv. 30 Aȝensey thou not to the word of treuthe any maner [1388 Agenseie thou not the]. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 76 Oo pope agenseith the sentence of a nothir. 1549Chaloner tr. Erasm. Mor. Enc. E iiij b, The Archestoike Seneca strongly againsaieth me. 1552–5Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 40 They cannot suffer to be againsaid. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (1869) 173 From the beginning, as to say [twixt for betwixt] [gainsay for againesay:] [ill for euill].
3. To reverse (a judgment or sentence).
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 65 Ane amerciament of ane fals dome againe said in the Justitiars court, is ten pounds. |
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