deny
(verb) declare untrue; contradict; “He denied the allegations”; “She denied that she had taken money”
deny
(verb) refuse to accept or believe; “He denied his fatal illness”
deny
(verb) refuse to recognize or acknowledge; “Peter denied Jesus”
traverse, deny
(verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
deny, refuse
(verb) refuse to let have; “She denies me every pleasure”; “he denies her her weekly allowance”
deny, abnegate
(verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; “She denied herself wine and spirits”
deny
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
denied
simple past tense and past participle of deny
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Source: Wiktionary
De*ny", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied; p. pr. & vb. n. Denying.] Etym: [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. dénier, 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.] "If you deny to dance." 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.
De*ny", v. i.
Definition: To answer in Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 March 2025
(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
