deny

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deny /dɪˈnʌɪ/
verb (denies, denying, denied)
  • 1 refuse to admit the truth or existence of.
  • 2 refuse to give (something requested or desired) to (someone).

    ■ (deny oneself) go without.

    archaic refuse access to.

– origin ME: from OFr. deni-, deneier, from L. denegare, from de- ‘formally’ + negare ‘say no’.
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