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deny (dē nī′, di-)

transitive verb denied -·nied′, denying -·ny′·ing

  1. to declare (a statement) untrue; contradict
  2. to refuse to accept as true or right; reject as unfounded, unreal, etc.
  3. to refuse to acknowledge as one's own; disown; repudiate
  4. to refuse the use of or access to
  5. to refuse to grant or give
  6. to refuse the request of (a person)
  7. Obsolete to forbid

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

deny Idioms

deny oneself

  1. to do without desired things
  2. to abstain from

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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