1. (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

2. (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

3. (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

4. (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

5. (v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.