Refused

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Refuse \Re*fuse"\ (r?*f?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refused}
     (-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refusing}.] [F. refuser, either
     from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L.
     refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see {Refund} to
     repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. {Accuse},
     {Ruse}), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel,


     refute. Cf. {Refute}.]
     1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to
        decline to do or grant.
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              That never yet refused your hest.     --Chaucer.
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     2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the
        center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment
        when troops ar? about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse
        the right wing while the left wing attacks.
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     3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or
        petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
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              The cunning workman never doth refuse
              The meanest tool that he may chance to use.
                                                    --Herbert.
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     4. To disown. [Obs.] "Refuse thy name." --Shak.
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