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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "glossary",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "refuse",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
}
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"expansion": "refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)",
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}
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "refute"
}
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}
],
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{
"text": "My request for a pay rise was refused.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To decline (a request or demand)."
],
"id": "en-refuse-en-verb-w3NQnOMY",
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[
"decline",
"decline"
]
],
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"(transitive) To decline (a request or demand)."
],
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"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "decline"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "reject"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "nill"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "say no to"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "turn down"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "veto"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "withsake"
},
{
"_dis1": "61 39 0 0 0",
"sense": "decline",
"word": "withsay"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 31 1 2 2",
"sense": "decline a request or demand",
"word": "say no"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 31 1 2 2",
"sense": "decline a request or demand",
"word": "forbear"
}
],
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"transitive"
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],
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{
"text": "I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 1:20:",
"text": "If ye refuse […] ye shall be devoured with the sword.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "City were outclassed thereafter and Roberto Mancini said that substitute Carlos Tevez refused to play.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Michael Cottakis – LSE, “Colliding worlds: Donald Trump and the European Union”, in LSE's blog:",
"text": "Trump has explicitly refused to deal with the European Commission, seeking instead to conduct bilateral relations with individual EU countries.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:",
"text": "My thoughts are disturbed by a man and pooch trying to get off the front of the train. Despite hitting the door button, they refused to open.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission."
],
"id": "en-refuse-en-verb-KgeSyrHQ",
"links": [
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]
],
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"(intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "weier"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaḍa",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "رَفَضَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hražarvel",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "հրաժարվել"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkazvam se",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "отказвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùjué",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "拒絕 /拒绝"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "rifuziĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in the negative",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "suostua"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refuser"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "sich weigern"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arnoúmai",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "αρνούμαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refize"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asvīkār karnā",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "अस्वीकार करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "nem hajlandó"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "menolak"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "rifiutarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"alt": "ことわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kotowaru",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "断る"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "abnegō"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "tohe"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "r'fuser"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odmówić"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "recusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́зываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkazátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отказа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "diùlt"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "rehusarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "vägra"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nirākariñcu",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "నిరాకరించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpà-dtì-sèet",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "ปฏิเสธ"
},
{
"_dis1": "37 52 2 4 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidmovljátysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "відмовля́тися"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"_dis": "18 19 12 10 22 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Burmese translations",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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{
"ref": "1991 December 15, Saadia Everett, “Protest Beatings”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 22, page 4:",
"text": "If we bang or scream they will spray us with some pepper or something else that's in an aeresol ^([sic]) can, and they wear gas masks, while the rest of us have to breathe the fumes in, and it makes us very sick and they refuse us medical treatment.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it."
],
"id": "en-refuse-en-verb-KZ5BsA1o",
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[
"withhold",
"withhold"
]
],
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"(ditransitive) To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it."
],
"tags": [
"ditransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Military",
"orig": "en:Military",
"parents": [
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"parents": [],
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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{
"text": "to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"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."
],
"id": "en-refuse-en-verb-8PH0Vl55",
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[
"military",
"military"
]
],
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"(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."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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"ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
"text": "Refuse thy name.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To disown."
],
"id": "en-refuse-en-verb-AlFOMWZU",
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[
"disown",
"disown"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To disown."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "rĭfyo͞ozʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈfjuːz/"
},
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{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
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],
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "weier"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaḍa",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "رَفَضَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔabā",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "أَبَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meržel",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "մերժել"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "uko egin"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "baztertu"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "admaŭljácʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адмаўля́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adkázvacʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адка́зваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkázvam",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́звам"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "paihra:",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ပယ်ရှား"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rebutjar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "balibad"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "-kana"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùjué",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "拒絕 /拒绝"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíjué",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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"code": "kw",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "denagha"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "odmítnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "afslå"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "weigeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "afslaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rifuzi"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "kieltää"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refuser"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "recusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "sich weigern"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "verweigern"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ablehnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "abschlagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "biwandjan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arnoúmai",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "αρνούμαι"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refize"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "balibad"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asvīkār karnā",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "अस्वीकार करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "visszautasít"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "megtagad"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "hu",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "io",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refuzar"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "id",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "menolak"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "éar"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "eitigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "cuir suas do"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rifiutare"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "断る"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "拒む"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inamu",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "否む"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "payalyan"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paʼdesaet",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "បដិសេធ"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geojeolhada",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "거절하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pa ti sēt",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ປະຕິເສດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "abnegō"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "mk",
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"word": "одбива"
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "whakanau"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"word": "татгалзах"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"word": "avslå"
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"word": "recusar"
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "qu",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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],
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"imperfective"
],
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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"perfective"
],
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "-dinda"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "-kanusha"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "vägra"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "avslå"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "నిరాకరించు"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ปฏิเสธ"
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "відмовля́ти"
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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{
"_dis1": "40 41 3 6 10",
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"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
"text": "Refuse thy name.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To disown."
],
"links": [
[
"disown",
"disown"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To disown."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "rĭfyo͞ozʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈfjuːz/"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-to refuse.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-uk-to_refuse.ogg/En-uk-to_refuse.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-uk-to_refuse.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-refuse.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-us-refuse.ogg/En-us-refuse.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-us-refuse.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "decline"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "reject"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "nill"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "say no to"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "turn down"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "veto"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "withsake"
},
{
"sense": "decline",
"word": "withsay"
},
{
"sense": "decline a request or demand",
"word": "say no"
},
{
"sense": "decline a request or demand",
"word": "forbear"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "weier"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaḍa",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "رَفَضَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔabā",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "أَبَى"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meržel",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "մերժել"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "uko egin"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "baztertu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "admaŭljácʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адмаўля́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "adkázvacʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "адка́зваць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkázvam",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́звам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "paihra:",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ပယ်ရှား"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rebutjar"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "balibad"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "-kana"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùjué",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "拒絕 /拒绝"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíjué",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "回絕 /回绝"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "denagha"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "odmítnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "afslå"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "weigeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "afslaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rifuzi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "kieltää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refuser"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "recusar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "sich weigern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "verweigern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ablehnen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "abschlagen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "biwandjan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arnoúmai",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "αρνούμαι"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refize"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "balibad"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asvīkār karnā",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "अस्वीकार करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "visszautasít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "megtagad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "elutasít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "refuzar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "menolak"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "éar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "eitigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "cuir suas do"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rifiutare"
},
{
"alt": "ことわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kotowaru",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "断る"
},
{
"alt": "こばむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kobamu",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "拒む"
},
{
"alt": "いなむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "inamu",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "否む"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "payalyan"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "paʼdesaet",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "បដិសេធ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geojeolhada",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "거절하다"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pa ti sēt",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ປະຕິເສດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "abnegō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "recūsō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odbiva",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "одбива"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odbie",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "одбие"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "whakanau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "kape"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "meko"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "wernen"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tatgalzax",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "татгалзах"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "uhara"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "uharaya"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "r'fuser"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "avslå"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "diduu"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "رد کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odrzucać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "recusar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "mana quy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "mananchay"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkázyvatʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́зывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkazátʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отказа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonjátʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отклоня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonítʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отклони́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "diùlt"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "о̀дбити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "òdbiti"
},
{
"code": "sid",
"lang": "Sidamo",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "gib-"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odmietať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odmietnuť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "rehusar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "-dinda"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "-kanusha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "vägra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "avslå"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nirākariñcu",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "నిరాకరించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpà-dtì-sèet",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "ปฏิเสธ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidmovljáty",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відмовля́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "từ chối"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "gwarafun"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "gwrthod"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "pallu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "nacáu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "(transitive) decline (request, demand)",
"word": "gomedd"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "weier"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rafaḍa",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "رَفَضَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hražarvel",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "հրաժարվել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otkazvam se",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "отказвам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jùjué",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "拒絕 /拒绝"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "rifuziĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in the negative",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "suostua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refuser"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "sich weigern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arnoúmai",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "αρνούμαι"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refize"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "asvīkār karnā",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "अस्वीकार करना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "nem hajlandó"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "menolak"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "rifiutarsi"
},
{
"alt": "ことわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kotowaru",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "断る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "abnegō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "tohe"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "r'fuser"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "refusar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odmówić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "recusar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́зываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkazátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отказа́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "diùlt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "rehusarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "vägra"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nirākariñcu",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "నిరాకరించు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpà-dtì-sèet",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "ปฏิเสธ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidmovljátysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) decline a request or demand",
"word": "відмовля́тися"
}
],
"word": "refuse"
}
{
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"ref": "1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Twelfth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 13, page 215:",
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