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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Againsay, Aganesay, v. [ME. ageyn-, againsay (1330), to refuse, deny, contradict. Cf. Gainsay v.]

1. intr. To say by way of contradiction. 14.. Acts I. 72/2.
Henry … haffand the ward of the … landis and agane sayand at the said Elyne aucht nocht til haf ony part of the said lande of Keryntoun

2. tr. To speak or act against; to oppose, obstruct. 1400 Maxwell Mem. I. 142.
Gif it hapnis Schyr Jon … thir forsayd connandis … tyl agayn cum, or tyl agayn say 1429 Acts II. 18/1.
The recounter was fundyn neuer to … haf remede to agaynsay that dome 1447 Reg. Great S. IV. 68/2.
[He] sal … never … revoke, againsay or withstand the said deliverance 1476 Acta Aud. 57/2.
The dome … wes evil gevin and wele again said, for diuerse Resons 1538 Breadalbane Doc. (Reg. H.) No. 48.
The saidis parteis ar oblist … neuir to agane say nor revoik nane of the promis abone vritine 1566 Lanark B. Rec. 33.
Gef ony man wald objek or again say ane edik 1579 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 75 b.
Scho nathing opponing nor agane saying the same 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 84 b.
The vnlaw of ane dome againe said, and falsified before the Justitiar, is ten pounds 1622-6 Bisset I. 281/6.
Thir ar the ressonis … quhy the dome … wes evill gevin and weill agane sayd