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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’.

'deny' also found in these Oxford entries:

abnegate - contradict - controvert - cover - disavow - exclude - gainsay - irrefutable - naysay - negate - put - refute - renege - repudiate - traverse - warlock

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