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Definition refuse

Etymology 1

From Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”).

Adjective

refuse (comparative more refuse, superlative most refuse)

1. Discarded, rejected.

Noun

refuse (uncountable)

1. Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

Etymology 2

From Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refusare, a blend of Classical Latin refut? and recus?.

Verb

refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)

1. (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
2. (intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

1. (military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To disown.

Noun

refuse

1. (obsolete) refusal

Etymology 3

re- +‎ fuse

Verb

refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)

1. To melt again.

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