Part 2933

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.</def>

<blockquote>The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory <b>denials</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of <i>confession</i>; <as>as, the <ex>denial</ex> of a fault charged on one; a <ex>denial</ex> of God.</as></def>

<cs><col>Denial of one's self</col>, <cd>a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deniance</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*ni"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Denial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Denier</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*ni"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who denies; <as>as, a <ex>denier</ex> of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ</as>.</def>

<h1>Denier</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*nier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>denier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>denarius</ets> a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. <ets>deni</ets> ten by ten, fr. the root of <ets>decem</ets> ten; akin to E. <ets>ten</ets>. See <er>Ten</er>, and cf. <er>Denary</er>, <er>Dinar</er>.]</ety> <def>A small copper coin of insignificant value.</def>

<blockquote>My dukedom to a beggarly <b>denier</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denigrate</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"i*grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denigrare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>nigrare</ets> to blacken, <ets>niger</ets> black.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>denigrate</b> the memory of Voltaire. <i>Morley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denigration</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den`i*gra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denigratio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making black.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: A blackening; defamation.</def>

<blockquote>The vigorous <b>denigration</b> of science. <i>Morley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denigrator</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"i*gra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, blackens.</def>

<h1>Denim</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"im</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.</def>