deny
/dəˈnaɪ/ verbo B1En español: negar, impugnar, salir al paso de, denegar
- To disallow or reject. · I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
- To assert that something is not true. · to deny a rumour to deny an allegation· I deny that I was at the party.
- To refuse to give or grant something to someone. · My father denied me a good education.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- To prevent from scoring.
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
Plural deny · He/she/it denies · Pasado denied · Participio pasado denied · Forma en -ing denying
Formas del verbo
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
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- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
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Observe,” said Villefort, smiling, “I do not mean to deny that both these men were revolutionary scoundrels, and that the 9th Thermidor and the 4th of April, in the year 1814, were lucky days for France, worthy of being gratefully remembered by every friend to monarchy and civil order; and that explains how it comes to pass that, fallen, as I trust he is forever, Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.
The Dolphin replied, “Nay, my friend, blame not me, but Nature, which, while giving me the sovereignty of the sea, has quite denied me the power of living upon the land.”
A WOLF accused a Fox of theft, but the Fox entirely denied the charge.
When each had fully stated his case the Ape announced this sentence: “I do not think you, Wolf, ever lost what you claim; and I do believe you, Fox, to have stolen what you so stoutly deny.”
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