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Meaning of 'refuse'
Meaning of 'refuse' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Refuse 
[ a.]
- Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance;
of no value; worthless. [ a.]2. Refuse [ n.]
- Refusal. [ n.]- That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
3. Refuse [ v. i.]
- To deny compliance; not to comply. [ v. i.]4. Refuse [ v. t.]
- To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command;
to decline to do or grant. [ v. t.]- 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.
- To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
- To disown.
Meaning of 'refuse' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. refuse [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- show unwillingness towards
- show unwillingness towards
Example in sentence:
- he declined to join the group on a hike
Meaning (2):
- refuse to accept
- refuse to accept
Example in sentence:
- He refused my offer of hospitality
Meaning (3):
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Example in sentence:
- His body rejected the liver of the donor
Meaning (4):
- refuse to let have
- refuse to let have
Example in sentence:
- he denies her her weekly allowance;
- She denies me every pleasure
Meaning (5):
- refuse entrance or membership
- refuse entrance or membership
Example in sentence:
- Black people were often rejected by country clubs;
- They turned away hundreds of fans
Meaning (6):
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- elude, especially in a baffling way
Example in sentence:
- This behavior defies explanation
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