deny (see also DENAY)
1.
to refuse “to” do something
Shr. II. i. 180
“If she deny to
wed.”
2.
to refuse permission
to, not to allow
R2 II. iii. 129
“I am denied to sue my
livery here,”
Tit. II. iii. 174.
3.
to refuse to accept
R2 II. i. 205
“If you . . . deny his
offer'd homage.”
4.
to refuse admittance
to
1H4 II. iv. 552
“If you will deny the
sheriff, so.”
