Refuse
Refuse (r?*f?z") , transitive verb
[French refuser, either from (assumed) Late Latin refusare to refuse, v. freq. of Latin refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see Refund to repay), or. from Latin recusare to decline, refuse compare Accuse, Ruse), influenced by Latin refutare to drive back, repel, refute. Compare Refute.]
1.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
That never yet refused your hest.
2.
(Military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar{not transcribed} about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.
3.
To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use.
4.
To disown. [Obsolete]
Refuse thy name.
Refuse , intransitive verb
To deny compliance; not to comply.
Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse.
If ye refuse... ye shall be devoured with the sword.
Refuse , noun
Refusal. [Obsolete] — Fairfax
Refuse (r?f"?s;277) , noun
[French refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See Refuse to deny.]
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Refuse , adjective
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.