deny

Etymology
From, from (🇨🇬), from , from  and , the latter ultimately from. .

Verb

 * 1)  To disallow or reject.
 * 2)  To assert that something is not true.
 * 3)  To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
 * 4) To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
 * 5)  To prevent from scoring.
 * 6) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
 * 7)  To refuse (to do or accept something).
 * 1)  To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
 * 2) To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
 * 3)  To prevent from scoring.
 * 4) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
 * 5)  To refuse (to do or accept something).
 * 1) To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
 * 2)  To prevent from scoring.
 * 3) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
 * 4)  To refuse (to do or accept something).
 * 1) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
 * 2)  To refuse (to do or accept something).
 * 1)  To refuse (to do or accept something).
 * 1)  To refuse (to do or accept something).
 * 1)  To refuse (to do or accept something).

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
 * Deny can have a connotation that the denial is false; he denied knowing the accused has a more suspicious tone than he said he did not know the accused. However, in some formal usages, e.g. medical records, it can have a more neutral sense (patient denies chest pain).
 * Although common, it is incorrect to use this word with the preposition of. Instead of denied of, the preferred expressions are deprive of or simply deny.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ontken
 * Arabic: نَفَى
 * Egyptian Arabic: انكر
 * Hijazi Arabic: انكر, جحد
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: negar
 * Azerbaijani: danmaq, inkar etmək
 * Basque: ukatu, ezeztatu
 * Belarusian: адмаўля́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, zapřít
 * Danish: benægte,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nei
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: neâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀρνέομαι
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Ladino: inyegar
 * Latin:, abnego, denego, infitior
 * Lithuanian: neigti
 * Lombard:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: whawhati
 * Middle English: denyen
 * Mongolian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kadhibisha
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: benekte, fornekte
 * Nynorsk: fornekte
 * Old English: wiþsacan
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ;, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: àicheidh, diùlt
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: popierať, poprieť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: запере́чувати, відкида́ти
 * Venetian: negar
 * Vietnamese:, chối bỏ
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon: ,


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