deny
21deny — /dəˈnaɪ / (say duh nuy) verb (t) (denied, denying) 1. to assert the negative of; declare not to be true: *I deny that, and anyway, I won t do it again. –david foster, 1981. 2. to refuse to believe (a doctrine, etc.); reject as false or erroneous …
22deny — See deny, repudiate See refute, deny …
23deny — 01. She was accused of cheating on the test, but she [denied] it. 02. Sarah broke the vase by accident, but she [denied] having anything to do with it when her mother asked her. 03. In spite of his [denial], John s wife was convinced he was… …
24deny — verb /dɪˈnaɪ/ a) To not allow. I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied. b) To assert that something is not true. I deny that I was at the party. Syn: gainsay Ant: allow …
25deny — To reject. Frege argued influentially that denial is not a separate activity from assertion, but that to deny a proposition is to assert that it is false, or to assert its negation …
26deny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection. Ant., acknowledge, admit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contradict, dispute,… …
27deny — [dɪ nʌɪ] verb (denies, denying, denied) 1》 refuse to admit the truth or existence of. 2》 refuse to give (something requested or desired) to (someone). ↘(deny oneself) go without. ↘archaic refuse access to. Origin ME: from OFr. deni ,… …
28deny — verb 1) the report was denied by witnesses Syn: contradict, controvert, repudiate, challenge, counter, contest, oppose, rebut; informal poke holes in; formal gainsay Ant: confirm 2) he denied the request …
29deny — Hō ole, ole, ho onele; hō ole ole (repeatedly). ♦ Deny persistently, pa a i ka ole …
30deny — To deny means to withhold, to refuse to grant. To contradict. Beck v Allen, 58 Miss 143, 162. See denial …
