About The Word Refuse
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Refuse Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Refuse?
[n] food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
[v] show unwillingness towards [v] refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" [v] refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [v] refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [v] elude, esp. in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Refuse: decline | decline | defy | deny | food waste | garbage | pass up | reject | reject | resist | scraps | turn away | turn down | turn down Related Terms | Find terms related to Refuse: See Also | beggar | bounce | contract out | disdain | dishonor | dishonour | disobey | elude | escape | freeze off | hold on | keep | keep back | pooh-pooh | regret | reject | repudiate | scorn | spurn | turn down | waste | waste material | waste matter | waste product | withhold Refuse In Webster's Dictionary \Re*fuse"\ (r?*f?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refused}
(-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refusing}.] [F. refuser, either
from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L.
refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see {Refund} to
repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. {Accuse},
{Ruse}), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel,
refute. Cf. {Refute}.]
1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to
decline to do or grant.
That never yet refused your hest. --Chaucer.
2. (Mil.) 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.
3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or
petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
The cunning workman never doth refuse The meanest
tool that he may chance to use. --Herbert.
4. To disown. [Obs.] ``Refuse thy name.'' --Shak.
\Re*fuse"\, v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply. Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. --Garth. If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. --Isa. i. 20. \Re*fuse"\, n. Refusal. [Obs.] --Fairfax. \Ref`use\ (r?f"?s;277), n. [F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See {Refuse} to deny.] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. Syn: Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross. \Ref"use\, a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. --1. Sam. xv. 9. |
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