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Deny
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- 1 To disallow or reject. transitive
"I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied."
- 2 declare untrue; contradict wordnet
- 3 To assert that something is not true. transitive
"I deny that I was at the party."
- 4 refuse to accept or believe wordnet
- 5 To refuse to give or grant something to someone. ditransitive
"My father denied me a good education."
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- 6 refuse to recognize or acknowledge wordnet
- 7 To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- 8 deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit wordnet
- 9 To prevent from scoring. transitive
"Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post."
- 10 refuse to let have wordnet
- 11 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."
- 12 deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure wordnet
- 13 To refuse (to do or accept something). obsolete
"if you deny to dance"
- 14 refuse to grant, as of a petition or request wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.
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