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Gainsay Gain‧Say ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ Verb Past Tense Participle Gainsaid

Front gainsay
Back gain‧say /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle gainsaid /-'sed/) [transitive usually in negatives] formal
to say that something is not true, or to disagree with someone SYN contradict:
No one dared to gainsay him.

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