Refuse
21refuse — refuse1 refusable, adj. refuser, n. /ri fyoohz /, v., refused, refusing. v.t. 1. to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award. 2. to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission. 3. to express a… …
22refuse — 01. Her boss was always asking her to work overtime, but she [refused] because she prefers to spend the time with her family. 02. He was fired from his job because of his [refusal] to work overtime. 03. Brendan Francis once said that people who… …
23refuse — ♦♦ refuses, refusing, refused (The verb is pronounced [[t]rɪfju͟ːz[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]re̱fjuːs[/t]].) 1) VERB If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it. [V to inf] He… …
24refuse — 1. v. 1 tr. withhold acceptance of or consent to (refuse an offer; refuse orders). 2 tr. (often foll. by to + infin.) indicate unwillingness (I refuse to go; the car refuses to start; I refuse!). 3 tr. (often with double object) not grant (a… …
25refuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trash, truck, rubbish, waste, leavings, garbage. See uselessness. v. See refusal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rubbish, litter, waste, leavings; see trash 1 , 3 . v. Syn. decline, reject, repudiate, deny,… …
26refuse — {{11}}refuse (n.) late 14c. (adj.), outcast; meaning waste, trash is from mid 15c.; from O.Fr. refus waste product, rubbish, a back formation from the pp. of refuser (see REFUSE (Cf. refuse) (v.)). {{12}}refuse (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. refuser… …
27refuse — I n. (BE) to collect the refuse (see also garbage, trash) II v. 1) to refuse categorically, completely, outright, point blank 2) (E) she refused to see him 3) (O; can be used with one object) he refused them nothing * * * [ refjuːs] completely… …
28refuse — [14] Refuse comes via Old French refuser from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin *refūsāre. It is not altogether clear where this came from, for it has no direct Latin antecedent. One theory is that it represents a blend of Latin recūsāre ‘refuse’… …
29refuse — I re•fuse [[t]rɪˈfyuz[/t]] v. fused, fus•ing 1) to decline to accept (something offered) 2) to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.) 3) to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss an issue[/ex] 4) to decline… …
30refuse — I /rafyuwz/ To deny, decline, reject. Fail is distinguished from refuse in that refuse involves an act of the will, while fail may be an act of inevitable necessity. Maestas v. American Metal Co. of New Mexico, 37 N.M. 203, 20 P.2d 924, 928 II… …
