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deny

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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
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Legal Dictionary

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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