refuse
verb
- indicate noncompliance with a request
noun
- waste; rejected material
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛfjuːs/ / /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ / /ɹiːˈfjuːz/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed into late Middle English from Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”). Displaced native Middle English wernen (“to refuse”) likely due to the similar sounding Middle English warnen
- Discarded, rejected.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English refusen, from Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refūsāre, a blend of Classical Latin refūtāre (whence also refute) and recūsāre (whence also recuse).
- refusal
“This ſpoken, readie with a proud refuſe [...]”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fuse English refuse From re- + fuse.
- To fuse again, as with, or after, heating or melting.