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The correct spelling is refused.
How to pronounce refused
/ɹɪˈfjuːzd/
verbIPA: /ɹɪˈfjuːzd/
Say it like: Ref-use-d
The correct spelling is refused. To decline (a request or demand). For example: "My request for a pay rise was refused."
Usage Examples
“My request for a pay rise was refused.”
“I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.”
“to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks”
Definition
verb
- 1.To decline (a request or demand).
- 2.To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
- 3.To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
- 4.To disown.
- 5.To melt again.
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