gainsay

vastustaa To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
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(quote-text)|title=The Hound of the Baskervilles|passage=Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
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