denegate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēnegātus, perfect passive participle of dēnegō (“to deny”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + negō (“to say no”). Doublet of deny.
Verb
denegate (third-person singular simple present denegates, present participle denegating, simple past and past participle denegated)
- (transitive, obsolete) To deny, refuse or contradict.
Related terms
References
- “denegate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dēnegāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dēnegō
Spanish
Verb
denegate