Definition of refuse

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Refuse (v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor..

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Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance..
Boon :: Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching..
Tret :: Tret (n.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted..
Refuser :: Refuser (n.) One who refuses or rejects.
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Disacknowledge :: Disacknowledge (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown.
Shots :: Shots (n. pl.) The refuse of cattle taken from a drove.
Disown :: Disown (v. t.) To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings..
Fenks :: Fenks (n.) The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue..
Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit..
Retriment :: Retriment (n.) Refuse; dregs.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper..
Recuse :: Recuse (v. t.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause..
Offal :: Offal (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
Insist :: Insist (v. i.) To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money..
Murk :: Murk (n.) The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc..
Garbage :: Garbage (n.) Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome..
Refuse :: Refuse (n.) Refusal.
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