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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | refuser, from Latin refundere 'to pour back' |
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re‧fuse1 S2 W1
1 [intransitive] to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do : 
She asked him to leave, but he refused.
She asked him to leave, but he refused. flatly refuse/refuse point-blank (to do something) (=refuse immediately and directly without giving a reason) Mom flatly refused to go back into the hospital.
Mom flatly refused to go back into the hospital.2 [intransitive and transitive] to say no to something that you have been offered [= turn down]: She refused a second piece of cake.
She refused a second piece of cake.3 [transitive] to not give or allow someone something that they want, especially when they have asked for it officially
