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Meaning of 'deny' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deny [ v. i.]
- To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
2 . Deny [ v. t.]
- To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
- To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
- To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

Meaning of 'deny' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deny [ v]
Meaning (1):
- refuse to accept or believe
Example in sentence:
  • He denied his fatal illness
Meaning (2):
- declare untrue; contradict
Example in sentence:
  • He denied the allegations;
  • She denied that she had taken money
Meaning (3):
- refuse to let have
Example in sentence:
  • he denies her her weekly allowance;
  • She denies me every pleasure
Meaning (4):
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge
Example in sentence:
  • Peter denied Jesus
Meaning (5):
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
Example in sentence:
  • She denied herself wine and spirits
Meaning (6):
- refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
Example in sentence:
  • The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses;
  • the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day

Nearby Words:

den denarcotize denarii denarius denary denationalization denationalize denationalized denationalizing denaturalize

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