ASSAY | • assay n. Trial, attempt. • assay n. Examination and determination; test. • assay n. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something. |
BIOASSAY | • bioassay n. The analysis of the biological activity of a substance, with reference to a standard preparation, using… • bioassay v. To carry out such an analysis. • BIOASSAY v. to test the strength and effect of a drug on a living organism. |
DARESAY | • daresay v. (Intransitive, archaic, originally) Chiefly in the form I daresay: to say something boldly; to affirm or assert. • daresay v. (Intransitive, by extension) Chiefly in the form I daresay: to venture to say (as the speaker believes… • dare-say v. Alternative form of daresay. |
ESSAY | • essay n. (Authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. • essay n. (Obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay. • essay n. (Now rare) An attempt. |
FORESAY | • foresay v. (Transitive, archaic) To say beforehand; predict; foretell. • foresay v. (Transitive) To decree; ordain; appoint. • FORESAY v. to foretell. |
FORSAY | • forsay v. (Archaic) to forbid; to renounce. • forsay v. (Archaic) to deny, gainsay. • forsay v. (Archaic) to forsake. |
GAINSAY | • gainsay v. (Transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to. • GAINSAY v. to deny or contradict. |
HEARSAY | • hearsay n. Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated. • hearsay n. (Law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made… • hearsay n. (Law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally… |
IMMUNOASSAY | • immunoassay n. A test for the presence of a substance using the reaction of an antibody to its antigen, making use… • immunoassay v. To carry out such a test. • IMMUNOASSAY n. the determination of the presence and quantity of a substance through its action as an antigen. |
MISASSAY | • MISASSAY v. to attempt unsuccessfully. |
MISSAY | • missay v. (Transitive, archaic) To speak ill of (someone). • missay v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To say something erroneous; to speak wrongly. • MISSAY v. to say incorrectly. |
NAYSAY | • naysay n. (Chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say. • naysay v. (Chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say (“say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose”). • nay-say n. (Archaic) A refusal, denial, or negation. |
OUTSAY | • OUTSAY v. to surpass in saying. |
RESAY | • resay v. To say again, to repeat, to iterate. • RESAY v. to say again. |
SAY | • say v. (Transitive) To pronounce. • say v. (Transitive) To recite. • say v. (Transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing. |
SOOTHSAY | • soothsay v. (Intransitive) To foretell the future; make predictions. • soothsay n. Soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy. • soothsay n. A portent; an omen. |
SOUTHSAY | • southsay v. Obsolete form of soothsay. • SOUTHSAY v. to foretell, to divine, also SOOTHSAY. |
UNDERSAY | • undersay v. (Obsolete) To say by way of derogation or contradiction. • UNDERSAY v. to say in answer. |
UNSAY | • unsay v. To withdraw, retract (something said). • unsay v. To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is… • UNSAY v. to retract something said. |