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  • 61Denying — Deny De*ny , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[ e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; …

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  • 62To deny one's self — Deny De*ny , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[ e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; …

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  • 63Veto — For other uses of Veto , see Veto (disambiguation). A veto, Latin for I forbid , is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation. Veto: An emphatic prohibition of any …

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  • 64deny — denyingly, adv. /di nuy /, v.t., denied, denying. 1. to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true: to deny an accusation. 2. to refuse to agree or accede to: to deny a petition. 3. to withhold the possession, use, or… …

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  • 65prohibit — I verb ban, banish, bar, block, check, circumscribe, control, counteract, curb, debar, deny, disallow, disqualify, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forbid, foreclose, forfend, gainsay, halt, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdict, interfere, limit,… …

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  • 66renege — I verb abandon, abolish, abrogate, annul, back out, bolt, break a promise, call back, contradict, counterorder, countermand, desert, disannul, dissolve, go back on a commitment, go back on a promise, invalidate, nullify, pull out, quit, recall,… …

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  • 67reject — re•ject v. [[t]rɪˈdʒɛkt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈri dʒɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to refuse to have, take, use, recognize, etc.: to reject a job offer[/ex] 2) to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.); deny 3) to refuse to accept or admit; rebuff: The other… …

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  • 68reject — verb (t) /rəˈdʒɛkt / (say ruh jekt) 1. to refuse to have, take, recognise, etc. 2. to refuse to grant (a demand, etc.). 3. to refuse to accept (a person); rebuff. 4. to throw away, discard, or refuse as useless or unsatisfactory. 5. to cast out… …

  • 69Section 51 of the Australian Constitution — grants legislative powers to the Australian (Commonwealth) Parliament. When the six Australian colonies joined together in Federation in 1901, they became the original States and ceded some of their powers to the new Commonwealth Parliament.… …

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  • 70Get (divorce document) — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …

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