Denay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Denay is a noun meaning (obsolete) denial; refusal.
Meaning
(obsolete) denial; refusal.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, transitive) To deny, refuse.
Example Sentences
That with great rage he stoutly doth denay.
Duke Orsino: My love can give no place, bide no denay.
Preserve this babe, whose mother must denay / To nourish it, preserve this harmless child.
Forget not yet the gret aſſays the cruell wrong the ſkornfull ways the paynfull pacyence in denays […]
Word Forms
- denays
- denaying
- denayed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dearn, denary, disdaine, dare-saying, dedecoration, disceptation.
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