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• ܟ݁ܳܦ݂ܰܪ
• Accismus; or Apparent Refusal
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(1):

(v. i.) To deny compliance; not to comply.

(2):

(v. t.) To disown.

(3):

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

(4):

(v. t.) 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.

(5):

(n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

(6):

(n.) Refusal.

(7):

(v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

(8):

(a.) Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.