deny

To deny is defined as to refuse to admit something, refuse to agree to something, refuse to acknowledge something or refuse to accept something.

(verb)

An example of deny is when you are asked if you ate the cookies and you say no.
An example of deny is when you are asked for permission to do something and you say no.
An example of deny is when you insist you are not over 40.

See deny in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb denied, denying

Origin: ME denien < OFr denier < L denegare < de-, intens. + negare, to deny: see negation

See deny in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·nied, de·ny·ing, de·nies

To declare untrue; contradict.
To refuse to believe; reject.
To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
a. To decline to grant or allow; refuse: deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.
b. To give a refusal to; turn down or away: The protesters were determined not to be denied.
c. To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English denien

Origin: , from Old French denier

Origin: , from Latin dēnegāre

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + negāre, to say no; see ne in Indo-European roots

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