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|link={{filepath:woodhouse_686.jpg}}]]'''v. trans.'''
<b class="b2">Decline</b>: P. and V. [[οὐ]] [[δέχομαι]], οὐ δέχεσθαι, ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, ἀναίνεσθαι (Dem. and Plat. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀπαρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6, 56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀποδέχεσθαι; see also [[reject]].
<b class="b2">Avoid</b>: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), εὐλαβεῖσθαι; see [[avoid]].
<b class="b2">Refuse an invitation</b>: P. [[ἐπαινέω
|ἐπαινεῖν]] (acc.) (Xen.). cf. Ar., ''Ran.'' 508).
<b class="b2">Refuse to give</b>: P. and V. φθονεῖν (gen. V. also acc.).
<b class="b2">Lo I stretch forth my hand and nothing shall be refused</b>: V. ἰδοὺ [[προτείνω]], κουδὲν ἀντειρήσεται (Soph., ''Trach.'' 1184).
<b class="b2">The ship shall take you and shall not be refused</b>: V. ἡ [[ναῦς]] γὰρ ἄξει κοὐκ ἀπαρνηθήσεται (Soph., ''Phil.'' 527).
<b class="b2">Do not refuse when we are begging our first favour</b>: P. μὴ . . . ἡμῶν τήν γε πρώτην αἰτησάντων [[χάριν]] ἀπαρνηθεὶς γένῃ (Plat., Soph. 217C).
<b class="b2">Refuse to</b> (with infin.); Ar. and P. οὐκ ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. οὐ θέλειν, V. ἀναίνεσθαι.
<b class="b2">Do not refuse to answer me this</b>: P. μὴ φθόνει μοι ἀποκρίνασθαι τοῦτο (Plat., ''Gorg.'' 489A).
<b class="b2">Come to my house early tomorrow and don't refuse</b>: P. [[αὔριον]] [[ἕωθεν]] ἀφίκου [[οἴκαδε]] καὶ μὴ [[ἄλλως]] ποιήσῃς (Plat., ''Lach.'' 201B; cf. Ar., Av. 133).

'''subs.'''

P. and V. [[χλῆδος]], ὁ (Dem. 1278, Aesch., ''Frag.''). V. καθάρματα, τά.
Used Met., of persons: Ar. and P. [[κάθαρμα]], τό, [[περίτριμμα]], τό.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>rĕfūsē</b>: adv. [[refusus]],<br /><b>I</b> overflowingly; comp.: refusius egesta [[humus]], i. e. mellowed or loosened by digging and fermenting, Col. 4, 1, 3 dub. (others [[read]]: [[refusus]] ex egestā [[humo]]).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>rĕfūsē</b> [inus.], de manière à rendre meuble &#124;&#124; -sius Col. Rust. 4, 1, 3.||-sius Col. Rust. 4, 1, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=refūsē, Adv. ([[refusus]] v. [[refundo]]), ergossen, in [[Menge]], [[humus]] refusius egesta, viell. = [[ziemlich]] [[locker]], Colum. 4, 1, 3.
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