Refuse
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Refuse
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1 v. t.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
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2 v. t.
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.
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3 v. t.
To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
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4 v. t.
To disown.
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5 v. i.
To deny compliance; not to comply.
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6 n.
Refusal.
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7 n.
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
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8 a.
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
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9 v. t.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
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10 v. t.
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.
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11 v. t.
To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
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12 v. t.
To disown.
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13 v. i.
To deny compliance; not to comply.
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14 n.
Refusal.
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15 n.
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
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16 a.
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.