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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Deny \De*ny"\, v. i.
     To answer in ??? negative; to declare an assertion not to be
     true.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was
           afraid.                                  --Gen. xviii.
                                                    15.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Deny \De*ny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Denying.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F.
     d['e]nier, 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an
           assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to
        reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] ``If you deny to
        dance.'' --Shak.
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     3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or
        yield to; as, to deny a request.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
              Alike in what it gives, and what denies? --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious
              inclination, than to gratify it.      --J. Edwards.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the
        like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to
        disavow.
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              The falsehood of denying his opinion. --Bancroft.
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              Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of
        appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. --Matt.
                                                    xvi. 24.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Deny \De*ny"\, 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Deny \De*ny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Denying.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F.
     d['e]nier, 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  deny
       v 1: declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations";
            "She denied that she had taken money" [ant: admit]
       2: refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"
       3: 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"
       4: refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he
          denies her her weekly allowance" [syn: refuse] [ant: allow]
       5: deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from
          indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and
          spirits" [syn: abnegate]
       6: deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party)
          in a legal suit [syn: traverse]
       7: refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"
       [also: denied]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αρνούμαι
     2 διαψεύδω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To disallow or reject.
     2 (lb en transitive) To assert that something is not true.
     3 (lb en ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to
  someone.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To disallow or reject.
     2 (lb en transitive) To assert that something is not true.
     3 (lb en ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to
  someone.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To disallow or reject.
     2 (lb en transitive) To assert that something is not true.
     3 (lb en ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to
  someone.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To disallow or reject.
     2 (lb en transitive) To assert that something is not true.
     3 (lb en ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to
  someone.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     Englanti vb.
     kieltää, kiistää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deny
     Engelska vb.
     1 förneka, dementera
     2 neka; inte tillåta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Deny /dɪnˈaɪ/
  أنكر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  deny //dəˈnaɪ// //dɪ-// //dɪˈnaɪ// 
  опроверга́вам, отри́чам
  to assert that something is not true