deny

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To disallow or reject.

   • I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
   • 'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.
2. 2

   To assert that something is not true.

   • I deny that I was at the party.
   • Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.
3. 3

   To refuse to give or grant something to someone.

   • My father denied me a good education.
   • To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
   • A mother who urgently needs a kidney transplant has branded the system which denied her the organs of her dying daughter as "ridiculous".
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   1. 4

      To take something away from someone

      To take something away from someone; to deprive of.

   2. 5

      To prevent from scoring.

   3. 6

      To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.

      To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

      • Jesus prophesized that by the time the cock crowed, Peter would have denied him three times.
      • the falsehood of denying his opinion
      • thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved
   4. 7

      To refuse (to do or accept something).

      • if you deny to dance

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