withsay
English
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To speak against someone or something.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English withseien inherited from Old English wiþseċġan (renounce, gainsay, deny, denounce, or deny, speak against) prefix from English say.
Origin
English
say
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- I'd say English
- againsay English
- besay English
- daresay English
- endsay English
- foresay English
- forsay English
- gainsay English
- missay English
- naysay English
- naysayer English
- oversay English
- resay English
- said English
- say English
- say-so English
- sayability English
- sayable English
- sayee English
- sayen English
- sayer English
- sayest English
- sayeth English
- saying English
- sayman English
- saymaster English
- sayth English
- soothsay English
- undersay English
- unsay English
- whaddayasay English
- withsayer English
- yeasay English
- yeasayer English
- wiþsecgan Old English
- wiþseċġan Old English
- seien Middle English
- seyen Middle English
- withseien Middle English
- withseier Middle English
- seggian Old Saxon
- witharseggian Old Saxon