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de⋅ny

  [di-nahy]
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–verb (used with object), -nied, -ny⋅ing.
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 enjoyment of: to deny access to secret information.
4. to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
5. to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disown; disavow; repudiate: to deny one's gods.
6. to withhold (someone) from accessibility to a visitor: The secretary denied his employer to all those without appointments.
7. Obsolete. to refuse to take or accept.
—Idiom
8. deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME denien < OF denier < L dēnegāre. See denegation

Related forms:
de⋅ny⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. dispute, controvert, oppose, gainsay. Deny, contradict both imply objecting to or arguing against something. To deny is to say that something is not true: to deny an allegation. To contradict is to declare that the contrary is true: to contradict a statement. 5. renounce, abjure.

Antonyms:
1. admit, accept. 3. allow.
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de·ny   (dĭ-nī')   
tr.v.   de·nied, de·ny·ing, de·nies
  1. To declare untrue; contradict.
  2. To refuse to believe; reject.
  3. To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
    1. To decline to grant or allow; refuse: deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.
    2. To give a refusal to; turn down or away: The protesters were determined not to be denied.
    3. To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.

[Middle English denien, from Old French denier, from Latin dēnegāre : dē-, de- + negāre, to say no; see ne in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to refuse to admit the existence, truth, or value of: denied the rumor; contradicted the statement; contravene a conclusion; disaffirm a suggestion; trying to gainsay the evidence; negated the allegations; traverse an indictment.
Antonym: affirm
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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; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.

2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to dance." --Shak.

3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies? --Pope.

To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. --J. Edwards.

4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

The falsehood of denying his opinion. --Bancroft.

Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. --Keble.

To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.

Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. --Matt. xvi. 24.

Deny

De*ny"\, v. i. To answer in ??? negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15.
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Language Translation for : deny
Spanish: negar, desmentir,
German: bestreiten,
Japanese: 否定する
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deny 
c.1300, from O.Fr. denier, from L. denegare, from de- "away" + negare "refuse, say 'no,' " from Old L. nec "not," from Italic base *nek- "not," from PIE base *ne- "no, not" (see un-).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: de·ny
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: de·nied; de·ny·ing
1 : to declare untrue deny the averments —Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 8(b)> —compare AVOID
2 : to refuse to grant <denied the motion for a new trial>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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