Obs. Gainsaying, contradiction, opposition, contention.

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1315.  E. E. Psalter (1843), cv. 32. And gremed þai him … At watres of againe-sainge.

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1382.  Wyclif, Prov. xviii. 18. Aȝenseiyngus lot thresteth togidere. [1388 Lot ceesith aȝenseiyngis.]

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1413.  Lydgate, Pylgr. Sowle, IV. iv. (1483), 60. Doo hit gladly withouten ageyne seynge.

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1483.  Arnold, Chron. (1811), 116. Without any agayn sayeng of any persone.

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