"deny" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈnaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈnaɪ/ [General-American], /dɪ-/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-deny.ogg [General-American] Forms: denies [present, singular, third-person], denying [participle, present], denied [participle, past], denied [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], deny [infinitive]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁eǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|denyen}} Middle English denyen, {{der|en|fro|denoier||to deny, to repudiate}} Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”), {{cog|fr|dénier}} French dénier, {{der|en|la|denegare||to deny, to refuse}} Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), {{m|la|de-||away}} de- (“away”), {{m|la|negare||to refuse}} negare (“to refuse”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ne||no, not}} Proto-Indo-European *ne (“no, not”), {{doublet|en|denegate}} Doublet of denegate Head templates: {{en-verb}} deny (third-person singular simple present denies, present participle denying, simple past and past participle denied) Inflection templates: {{en-conj-simple|past=denied|past_old=denyed|pres_2sg_old=deniest|pres_3sg=denies|pres_3sg_old=denieth}}
  1. (transitive) To disallow or reject. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-bUzoy~HT
  2. (transitive) To assert that something is not true. Tags: transitive Synonyms (assert something is not true): gainsay, contradict, withsay, refute, disclaim Translations (to assert that something is not true): ontken (Afrikaans), ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai) (Ancient Greek), نَفَى (nafā) (Arabic), انكر (ankar) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), انكر (ankar) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), جحد (jaḥad) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ժխտել (žxtel) (Armenian), հերքել (herkʿel) (Armenian), negar (Asturian), danmaq (Azerbaijani), inkar etmək (Azerbaijani), ukatu (Basque), ezeztatu (Basque), адмаўля́ць (admaŭljácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), отри́чам (otríčam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), опроверга́вам (oprovergávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), negar (Catalan), 否認 (Chinese Mandarin), 否认 (fǒurèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 否定 (fǒudìng) (Chinese Mandarin), popřít (Czech), zapřít (Czech), benægte (Danish), nægte (Danish), ontkennen (Dutch), nei (Esperanto), kieltää (Finnish), kiistää (Finnish), nier (French), démentir (French), neâ (Friulian), negar (Galician), leugnen (German), bestreiten (German), dementieren (German), 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laugnjan) (Gothic), αρνούμαι (arnoúmai) (Greek), διαψεύδω (diapsévdo) (Greek), הכחיש (hikhkhísh) (Hebrew), tagad (Hungarian), pungkir (Indonesian), negare (Italian), 否定する (hitei suru) (alt: ひていする) (Japanese), 否認する (hinin suru) (alt: ひにんする) (Japanese), ប្រកែក (prɑɑkaek) (Khmer), 부정하다 (bujeonghada) (Korean), 부인하다 (bu'inhada) (Korean), inyegar (Ladino), negō (Latin), abnego (Latin), denego (Latin), infitior (Latin), neigti (Lithuanian), negà (Lombard), nafi (Malay), whawhati (Maori), denyen (Middle English), ukadhibisha (Ngazidja Comorian), benekte (Norwegian Bokmål), fornekte (Norwegian Bokmål), fornekte (Norwegian Nynorsk), wiþsacan (Old English), negować [imperfective] (Polish), zaprzeczać [imperfective] (Polish), przeczyć [imperfective] (Polish), kwestionować [imperfective] (Polish), negar (Portuguese), nega (Romanian), отрица́ть (otricátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отверга́ть (otvergátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отве́ргнуть (otvérgnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), опроверга́ть (oprovergátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опрове́ргнуть (oprovérgnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), àicheidh (Scottish Gaelic), diùlt (Scottish Gaelic), nigari (Sicilian), popierať [imperfective] (Slovak), poprieť [perfective] (Slovak), negar (Spanish), förneka (Swedish), ปฏิเสธ (bpà-dtì-sèet) (Thai), inkâr etmek (Turkish), запере́чувати (zaperéčuvaty) (Ukrainian), відкида́ти (vidkydáty) (Ukrainian), negar (Venetian), chối (Vietnamese), chối bỏ (Vietnamese), noön (Volapük), noyî (Walloon), disminti (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-Db0O4FEY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 41 4 5 26 6 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 55 4 4 16 6 5 Disambiguation of 'assert something is not true': 5 83 1 1 3 3 2 Disambiguation of 'to assert that something is not true': 3 91 1 1 2 2 1
  3. (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone. Tags: ditransitive Translations (to refuse to give or grant something to someone): refuser (French), megtagad (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-GyH8fiPJ Disambiguation of 'to refuse to give or grant something to someone': 5 1 67 0 1 10 16
  4. To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-FsH1lo0w
  5. (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-SoW~vDoo Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-H7ZZs7ot
  7. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something). Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-deny-en-verb-Bqx~1NWZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deniability, denier, deny of, deny oneself, justice delayed is justice denied, self-denying Related terms: denial

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"assert something is true\"",
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          "word": "grant"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1847, Anne Brontë, chapter XVI, in Agnes Grey",
          "text": "'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.",
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        "To disallow or reject."
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          "disallow",
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          "reject",
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        "(transitive) To disallow or reject."
      ],
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          "text": "I deny that I was at the party.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1604, Jeremy Corderoy, A Short Dialogve, wherein is Proved, that No Man can be Saved without Good VVorkes, 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed by Ioseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crowne, by Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 40",
          "text": "[N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 1, James Robinson, Lisa O'Carroll, “Phone hacking: NoW warned about 'culture of illegal information access'”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "But Myler and Crone told the committee in September that they had made Murdoch aware at the 10 June 2008 meeting that hacking was not restricted to a single journalist. They claimed this was the reason Murdoch agreed to settle the Taylor's case. James Murdoch subsequently wrote to the committee to deny this.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To assert that something is not true."
      ],
      "id": "en-deny-en-verb-Db0O4FEY",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To assert that something is not true."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 1 1 3 3 2",
          "sense": "assert something is not true",
          "word": "gainsay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 1 1 3 3 2",
          "sense": "assert something is not true",
          "word": "contradict"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 1 1 3 3 2",
          "sense": "assert something is not true",
          "word": "withsay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 1 1 3 3 2",
          "sense": "assert something is not true",
          "word": "refute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 83 1 1 3 3 2",
          "sense": "assert something is not true",
          "word": "disclaim"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ontken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nafā",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "نَفَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ankar",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "انكر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ankar",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "انكر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jaḥad",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "جحد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "žxtel",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ժխտել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "herkʿel",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "հերքել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "danmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "inkar etmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ukatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ezeztatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "admaŭljácʹ",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "адмаўля́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otríčam",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отри́чам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oprovergávam",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опроверга́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "否認"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǒurèn",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "否认"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǒudìng",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "否定"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "popřít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "zapřít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "benægte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "nægte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ontkennen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "nei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "kieltää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "kiistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "nier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "démentir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "neâ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "leugnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "bestreiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "dementieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "laugnjan",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "arnoúmai",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "αρνούμαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diapsévdo",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "διαψεύδω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "arnéomai",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ἀρνέομαι"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hikhkhísh",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "הכחיש"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "tagad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "pungkir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "alt": "ひていする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitei suru",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "否定する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "alt": "ひにんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hinin suru",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "否認する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑɑkaek",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ប្រកែក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bujeonghada",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "부정하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bu'inhada",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "부인하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "inyegar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "abnego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "denego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "infitior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "neigti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "nafi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "whawhati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "denyen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ukadhibisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "benekte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "fornekte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "fornekte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "wiþsacan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "negować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zaprzeczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przeczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kwestionować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "nega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otricátʹ",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отрица́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otvergátʹ",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отверга́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otvérgnutʹ",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отве́ргнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oprovergátʹ",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опроверга́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "опрове́ргнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "àicheidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "diùlt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "nigari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "popierať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "poprieť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "förneka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpà-dtì-sèet",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "ปฏิเสธ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "inkâr etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaperéčuvaty",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "запере́чувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidkydáty",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "відкида́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "negar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "chối"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "chối bỏ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "noön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "noyî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 91 1 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
          "word": "disminti"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grant"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My father denied me a good education.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1754, Jonathan Edwards, An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which is supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency",
          "text": "To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 April 12, “Mother denied daughter's organs”, in BBC",
          "text": "A mother who urgently needs a kidney transplant has branded the system which denied her the organs of her dying daughter as \"ridiculous\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse to give or grant something to someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-deny-en-verb-GyH8fiPJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ditransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 67 0 1 10 16",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to refuse to give or grant something to someone",
          "word": "refuser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 67 0 1 10 16",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to refuse to give or grant something to someone",
          "word": "megtagad"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take something away from someone; to deprive of."
      ],
      "id": "en-deny-en-verb-FsH1lo0w",
      "links": [
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.\nTwo more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent from scoring."
      ],
      "id": "en-deny-en-verb-SoW~vDoo",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1827, John Keble, The Christian Year",
          "text": "thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow."
      ],
      "id": "en-deny-en-verb-H7ZZs7ot"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse (to do or accept something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-deny-en-verb-Bqx~1NWZ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈnaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/dəˈnaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
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}
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"disallow\"",
      "word": "allow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"assert something is true\"",
      "word": "confirm"
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    }
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "deniability"
    },
    {
      "word": "denier"
    },
    {
      "word": "deny of"
    },
    {
      "word": "deny oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "justice delayed is justice denied"
    },
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      "word": "self-denying"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "denyen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English denyen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "denoier",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to deny, to repudiate"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "dénier"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "denegare",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to deny, to refuse"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "de-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "away"
      },
      "expansion": "de- (“away”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to refuse"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ne",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "denegate"
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      "expansion": "Doublet of denegate",
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    }
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      "form": "denies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    }
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          "word": "grant"
        }
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1847, Anne Brontë, chapter XVI, in Agnes Grey",
          "text": "'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To disallow or reject."
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        [
          "disallow",
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          "reject",
          "reject"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To disallow or reject."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I deny that I was at the party.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1604, Jeremy Corderoy, A Short Dialogve, wherein is Proved, that No Man can be Saved without Good VVorkes, 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed by Ioseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crowne, by Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 40",
          "text": "[N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 1, James Robinson, Lisa O'Carroll, “Phone hacking: NoW warned about 'culture of illegal information access'”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "But Myler and Crone told the committee in September that they had made Murdoch aware at the 10 June 2008 meeting that hacking was not restricted to a single journalist. They claimed this was the reason Murdoch agreed to settle the Taylor's case. James Murdoch subsequently wrote to the committee to deny this.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assert that something is not true."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To assert that something is not true."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "grant"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English ditransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My father denied me a good education.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1754, Jonathan Edwards, An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which is supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency",
          "text": "To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 April 12, “Mother denied daughter's organs”, in BBC",
          "text": "A mother who urgently needs a kidney transplant has branded the system which denied her the organs of her dying daughter as \"ridiculous\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse to give or grant something to someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ditransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To take something away from someone; to deprive of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.\nTwo more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent from scoring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1827, John Keble, The Christian Year",
          "text": "thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse (to do or accept something)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈnaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈnaɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪ-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-deny.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-us-deny.ogg/En-us-deny.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-us-deny.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "assert something is not true",
      "word": "gainsay"
    },
    {
      "sense": "assert something is not true",
      "word": "contradict"
    },
    {
      "sense": "assert something is not true",
      "word": "withsay"
    },
    {
      "sense": "assert something is not true",
      "word": "refute"
    },
    {
      "sense": "assert something is not true",
      "word": "disclaim"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ontken"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nafā",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "نَفَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ankar",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "انكر"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ankar",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "انكر"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaḥad",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "جحد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žxtel",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ժխտել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "herkʿel",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "հերքել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "danmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "inkar etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ukatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ezeztatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "admaŭljácʹ",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "адмаўля́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otríčam",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отри́чам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprovergávam",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опроверга́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "否認"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǒurèn",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "否认"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǒudìng",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "否定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "popřít"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "zapřít"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "benægte"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "nægte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ontkennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "nei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "kiistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "nier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "démentir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "neâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "leugnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "bestreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "dementieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "laugnjan",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arnoúmai",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "αρνούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diapsévdo",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "διαψεύδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "arnéomai",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ἀρνέομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hikhkhísh",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "הכחיש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "tagad"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "pungkir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひていする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitei suru",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "否定する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひにんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinin suru",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "否認する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑkaek",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ប្រកែក"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujeonghada",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "부정하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bu'inhada",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "부인하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "inyegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "abnego"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "denego"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "infitior"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "neigti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "nafi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "whawhati"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "denyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ukadhibisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "benekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "fornekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "fornekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "wiþsacan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "negować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaprzeczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przeczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kwestionować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "nega"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otricátʹ",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отрица́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvergátʹ",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отверга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvérgnutʹ",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отве́ргнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprovergátʹ",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опроверга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprovérgnutʹ",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опрове́ргнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "àicheidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "diùlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "nigari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "popierať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poprieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "förneka"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpà-dtì-sèet",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "ปฏิเสธ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "inkâr etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaperéčuvaty",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "запере́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkydáty",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "відкида́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "negar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "chối"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "chối bỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "noön"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "noyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to assert that something is not true",
      "word": "disminti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refuse to give or grant something to someone",
      "word": "refuser"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to refuse to give or grant something to someone",
      "word": "megtagad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deny"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.