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refuse1 definition

re·fuse (ri fyo̵̅o̅z′)

transitive verb refused -·fused′, refusing -·fus′·ing

  1. to decline to accept; reject
    1. to decline to do, give, or grant
    2. to decline: with an infinitive object to refuse to go
    1. to decline to accept or submit to (a command, etc.); decline to undergo
    2. to decline to grant the request of (a person)
  4. to stop short at (a fence, etc.), without jumping it: said of a horse
  5. Obsolete to renounce

Etymology: ME refusen < OFr refuser < LL *refusare < L refusus, pp. of refundere: see refund

intransitive verb

to decline to accept, agree to, or do something

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refuse2 definition

ref·use (ref′yo̵̅o̅s, -yo̵̅o̅z)

noun

anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless; waste; trash; rubbish

Etymology: ME < OFr refus, pp. of refuser: see refuse

adjective

thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless

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