Defn: To deny compliance; not to comply.
Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. Garth.
If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. Isa. i. 20.
REFUSE
Re*fuse", n.
Defn: Refusal. [Obs.] Fairfax.
REFUSE Ref`use (rf"s;277), n. Etym: [F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See Refuse to deny.]
Defn: That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Syn.
— Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross.
REFUSE
Ref"use, a.
Defn: Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no
value; worthless.
Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 1.
Sam. xv. 9.
REFUSER
Re*fus"er (r*fz"r), n.
Defn: One who refuses or rejects.