Inflected forms: 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. 4a. To decline to grant or allow; refuse: deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.b. To give a refusal to; turn down or away: The protesters were determined not to be denied.c. To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English denien, from Old French denier, from Latin dnegre : d-, de- + negre, to say no; see ne in Appendix I.
SYNONYMS:
deny, contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, traverse 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.
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