Part 2944

<hw>De*nun"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denuntiatus</ets>, <ets>denunciatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>denuntiare</ets>, <ets>-ciare</ets>. See <er>Denounce</er>.]</ety> <def>To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>denunciate</b> this new work. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denunciation</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nun`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denuntiatio</ets>, <ets>-ciatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Public . . . <b>denunciation</b> of banns before marriage. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.</def>

<blockquote>Uttering bold <b>denunciations</b> of ecclesiastical error. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denunciative</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nun"ci*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denuntiativus</ets>, <ets>-ciativus</ets>, monitory.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Denunciatory</er>.</def>

<i>Farrar.</i>

<h1>Denunciator</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nun"ci*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denuntiator</ets>, <ets>-ciator</ets>, a police officer.]</ety> <def>One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.</def>

<h1>Denunciatory</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nun"ci*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; <as>as, severe and <ex>denunciatory</ex> language</as>.</def>

<h1>Denutrition</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De`nu*tri"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.</def>

<h1>Deny</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*ny"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Denied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Denying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>denien</ets>, <ets>denaien</ets>, OF. <ets>denier</ets>, <ets>deneer</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82nier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>denegare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>negare</ets> to say no, deny. See <er>Negation</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to <i>affirm</i>, <i>allow</i>, or <i>admit</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; We <i>deny</i> what another says, or we <i>deny</i> the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "If you <i>deny</i> to dance."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; <as>as, to <ex>deny</ex> a request</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what <b>denies</b>? <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To some men, it is more agreeable to <b>deny</b> a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. <i>J. Edwards.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.</def>