(transitive) To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose. / (transitive) To deny (the right to); deprive (of).

(obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.

(obsolete) A speaking against; opposition.

(transitive, rare, dialectal or archaic) To set over against; oppose.

A striving against; contention.

present participle of gainstrive

(archaic) Contention; striving against.

(cutlery, UK dialectal) A barb on the tang of a knife, in order to prevent it from being pulled out of the handle.

(obsolete) Gainsaying; contradiction.

present participle of gainstay