deny

Betekenis (English)

  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. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

Frekwensie

B2
Gekoppel as
de‧ny
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɪˈnaɪ/
Etimologie (English)

In summary

From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.

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