Definitions
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
refuse .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There now! thou art thyself again, but e'en yet refusest to aid thy children and preserve thy life.
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There now! thou art thyself again, but e'en yet refusest to aid thy children and preserve thy life.
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Agelastes, “that steady contempt of every thing that approaches thee, save in the light of a duty, that I demand, almost like a beggar, that personal acquaintance, which thou refusest like a churl.”
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Lapland husband, “thou impolite, dishonest, brutal, infamous, cowardly rascal, thou bringest disgrace upon my house; thou dost me the most sensible injury; thou refusest to embrace my wife.”
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“If thou refusest my fair proffer,” said the Prince,
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Guido thou refusest to be one of our society, and seekest for that which never was: when thou hast found it, tell us, what wilt thou do with it?
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Devaniya answered, 'Solicited, by me, if, indeed, thou truly refusest to make me thy wife, then, O Kacha, this thy knowledge shall not bear fruit.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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Thou, O son, givest unto Brahmanas wealth or any other thing that is asked of thee and never refusest anything to anybody.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
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Devaniya answered, 'Solicited, by me, if, indeed, thou truly refusest to make me thy wife, then, O Kacha, this thy knowledge shall not bear fruit.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
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Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.
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