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Definition of Refuse
Ref`use Pronunciation: r?f´?s;277 | v. t. | 1. | To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. | | 2. | (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. | | 3. | To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor. | | 4. | To disown. | | v. i. | 1. | To deny compliance; not to comply. | | n. | 1. | Refusal. | | 1. | That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. | | a. | 1. | Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. |
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