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denying
(encz) | denying,odmítání n: Zdeněk Brož |
denying
(encz) | denying,popírající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
denying
(encz) | denying,popírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Denying
(gcide) | Deny \De*ny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Denying.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F.
d['e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See
Negation.]
1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; --
opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an
assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.
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2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to
reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to
dance." --Shak.
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3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or
yield to; as, to deny a request.
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Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies? --Pope.
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To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious
inclination, than to gratify it. --J. Edwards.
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4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the
like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to
disavow.
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The falsehood of denying his opinion. --Bancroft.
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Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. --Keble.
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To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of
appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.
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Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. --Matt.
xvi. 24.
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denying
(encz) | denying,odmítání n: Zdeněk Broždenying,popírající adj: Zdeněk Broždenying,popírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
self-denying
(encz) | self-denying, |
Denyingly
(gcide) | Denyingly \De*ny"ing*ly\, adv.
In the manner of one denies a request. --Tennyson.
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renunciant renunciative self-abnegating self-denying
(gcide) | nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
abstemious. Antonym: indulgent.
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2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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Self-denying
(gcide) | Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a.
Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. --
Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.
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Self-denyingly
(gcide) | Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a.
Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. --
Self`-de*ny"ing*ly, adv.
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self-denying
(wn) | self-denying
adj 1: willing to deprive yourself [syn: self-denying, {self-
giving}, self-sacrificing]
2: used especially of behavior [syn: renunciant,
renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying] |
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