Refuse

Ref`use Pronunciation: r?f´?s;277

v. t.	1.	To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. [imp. & p. p. Refused (-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refusing.] That never yet refused your hest. - Chaucer.
	2.	(Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar 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. - Herbert.
	4.	To disown.
v. i.	1.	To deny compliance; not to comply. Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. - Garth. If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. - Isa. i. 20.
n.	1.	Refusal.
	1.	That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
a.	1.	Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. - 1. Sam. xv. 9.

Noun	1.	refuse - food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) Synonyms: food waste, garbage, scraps
Verb	1.	refuse - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" Synonyms: decline Antonyms: consent, go for, accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
	2.	refuse - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Synonyms: pass up, turn down, decline, reject Antonyms: accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
	3.	refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" Synonyms: resist, defy
	4.	refuse - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" Synonyms: deny
	5.	refuse - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" Synonyms: reject, resist
	6.	refuse - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" Synonyms: turn down, turn away, reject

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