To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
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To deny and reject; to abjure.
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To deny and reject; to abjure.
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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
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Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
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To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
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To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
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One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
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To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
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Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate,…
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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
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Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or…
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
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Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
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To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
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To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…
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To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
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To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
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A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…
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To care; to desire.
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To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
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To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
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The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.
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The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
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The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
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Making resistance; resisting.
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Making resistance; resisting.
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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
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To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
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