DENY,
1. To contradict to gainsay to declare a statement or position not to be true. We deny what another says, or we deny a proposition. We deny the truth of an assertion, or the assertion itself. The sense of this verb is often expressed by no or nay.
2. To refuse to grant as, we asked for bread, and the man denied us.
3. Not to afford to withhold.
Who find not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
4. To disown to refuse or neglect to acknowledge not to confess.