Deny

Definition of Deny

De`ny´

v. t.

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; - opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

[imp. & p. p. Denied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Denying.]

To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

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.

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.

v. i.

To answer in negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.

- Gen. xviii. 15.

Related Words

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