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English Dictionary: refuse	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for refuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refuse n food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps] v show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" Synonym(s): refuse, decline Antonym(s): accept, consent, go for refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Synonym(s): refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline Antonym(s): accept, have, take elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" Synonym(s): defy, resist, refuse Antonym(s): apply, lend oneself refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" Synonym(s): deny, refuse Antonym(s): allow, grant resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" Synonym(s): resist, reject, refuse refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" Synonym(s): reject, turn down, turn away, refuse Antonym(s): admit, allow in, intromit, let in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refuse \Refuse"\ (r?f?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refused} (-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refusing}.] [F. refuser, either from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L. refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see {Refund} to repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. {Accuse}, {Ruse}), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel, refute. Cf. {Refute}.] 1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. That never yet refused your hest. --Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar[?] about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor. The cunning workman never doth refuse The meanest tool that he may chance to use. --Herbert. 4. To disown. [Obs.] [bd]Refuse thy name.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refuse \Refuse"\, v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply. Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. --Garth. If ye refuse* . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. --Isa. i. 20.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refuse \Ref`use\ (r?f"?s;277), n. [F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See {Refuse} to deny.] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. Syn: Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refuse \Re*fuse"\, n. Refusal. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refuse \Ref"use\, a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. --1. Sam. xv. 9.