negative
/ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/ noun C2- Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
- An unfavorable point or characteristic.
- A right of veto.
- An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
- A word that indicates negation.
- A negative quantity.
- A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
- The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Plural negatives
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The young man’s finger, glided over the words, but at each one Noirtier answered by a negative sign.
Though answered in the negative, he begged so earnestly to be permitted to visit those on the fifth floor, that, in despite of the oft-repeated assurance of the concierge that they were occupied, Dantès succeeded in inducing the man to go up to the tenants, and ask permission for a gentleman to be allowed to look at them.
To such perseverance in wilful self-deception Elizabeth would make no reply, and immediately and in silence withdrew; determined, that if he persisted in considering her repeated refusals as flattering encouragement, to apply to her father, whose negative might be uttered in such a manner as must be decisive, and whose behaviour at least could not be mistaken for the affectation and coquetry of an elegant female.
I have made some inquiries myself in the last few days, but the results have, I fear, been negative.
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