DENY

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

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Etymology

Verb

deny (third-person singular simple present denies, present participle denying, simple past and past participle denied)

(transitive) To disallow or reject.

(transitive) To assert that something is not true.

(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.

To take something away from someone; to deprive of.

(sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.

To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (assert something is not true): gainsay, contradict, withsay, refute, disclaim

Antonyms

• (disallow): allow

• (assert something is true): confirm, affirm

Anagrams

• E.D.N.Y., Ynde, dyne

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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