refuse
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɹɪˈfjuːz/]
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Senses
1. refuse (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To decline (a request or demand).
Example: My request for a pay rise was refused.
Concept: Опровержение
2. refuse (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
Example: I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
3. refuse (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it.
Example: If we bang or scream they will spray us with some pepper or something else that's in an aeresol ^([sic]) can, and they wear gas masks, while the rest of us have to breathe the fumes in, and it makes us very sick and they refuse us medical treatment.
4. refuse (noun) — sense 4
Definition: refusal
Example: This ſpoken, readie with a proud refuſe [...]
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Polarities
Affirmation ↔ Denial — concept «Опровержение»
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