abnegate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abnegate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abnegate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abnegate v deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" Synonym(s): deny, abnegate surrender (power or a position); "The King abnegated his power to the ministers" deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abnegate \Ab"ne*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abnegated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abnegating}.] [L. abnegatus,p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See {Deny}.] To deny and reject; to abjure. --Sir E. Sandys. Farrar.