01 v. t. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
imp. & p. p.
Refused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Refusing
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To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.“That never yet refused your hest.” — Chaucer.
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2.
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.(Mil.)
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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.
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4.
To disown.[Obs.]