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noun 
  1. (archaic) A refusal, denial, or negation.
    • 1816, w:Sir_Walter_Scott, Sir Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf, ch. 5,
    • :"That," replied Miss Lucy, "depends entirely on the manner in which the nay-says are said."
verb (inf=nay-say, nay-says, nay-saying, nay-said)
  1. To speak negatively of something.
  2. To reply no.

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