REFUSE
\ɹɪfjˈuːz], \ɹɪfjˈuːz], \ɹ_ɪ_f_j_ˈuː_z]\
Definitions of REFUSE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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elude, esp. in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
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refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
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show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
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elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
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resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
By Princeton University
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To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
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To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
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That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
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Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
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To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
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That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
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Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To decline to take; be unwilling to receive; as, to refuse a gift; to decline to do or grant; deny; as, to refuse a demand or request; decline to have put upon one; as, to refuse a responsibility.
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Worthless matter; trash; rubbish.
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Rejected; worthless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To reject: to deny, as a request, etc.
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To decline acceptance: not to comply.
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Refused: worthless.
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That which is rejected or left as worthless: dross.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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