deny : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deny	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deny v declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" Antonym(s): acknowledge, admit refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness" refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day" refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" Synonym(s): deny, refuse Antonym(s): allow, grant deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" Synonym(s): deny, abnegate deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit Synonym(s): traverse, deny refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deny \Deny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[82]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.] [bd]If you deny to dance.[b8] --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.