negative
/ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/ verbo C2- To refuse; to veto.
- To contradict.
- To disprove.
- To make ineffective; to neutralize; to negate.
He/she/it negatives · Pasado negatived · Participio pasado negatived · Forma en -ing negativing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- negative
- He/she/it
- negatives
- Pasado
- negatived
- Participio pasado
- negatived
- Forma en -ing
- negativing
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The young man’s finger, glided over the words, but at each one Noirtier answered by a negative sign.
Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the pianoforte, and after a polite request that Elizabeth would lead the way, which the other as politely and more earnestly negatived, she seated herself.
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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