verb

• (transitive) To disallow or reject.
• (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
• (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
• To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
• (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
• To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
• (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).