refus, n.m., refusal, denial; thing refused. Essuyer un —; to meet with a refusal. Un — net; a flat refusal. Cela n’est pas de —; that is not to be refused, or is very acceptable. Ce n’est pas à son —; it has not been offered him or he has not had the refusal of it. Enfoncer un pieu jusqu’à — de mouton; (tech.) to ram a pile in (until driven home). Ce pieu est au —; this pile is set, driven home.
refusable, adj., refusable.
refuser, v.a., to refuse; to deny; to decline, not to accept, to grudge, to demur. — des présents; to refuse presents. — la porte à quelqu’un; to deny any one admittance; to shut one’s door (against).
se refuser, v.r., to deny one’s self, to deprive one’s self of; not to permit; to grudge one’s self; to shun, to avoid; to withstand, to resist. Il se refuse le nécessaire; he denies himself the necessaries of life.
refuser, v.n., to refuse; to decline; (man.) to refuse to advance; (nav.) to scant; not to come to the wind.
refuseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., refuser.
réfutable, adj., refutable.
réfutateur, n.m., refuter, confuter.
réfutation, n.f., refutation, confutation, disproof.
réfuter, v.a., to refute, to confute, to disprove.