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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
refuse .
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Examples
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Thus, thou must vow upon this day that shouldst thou be living still when these events transpire, that thou willst battle them and refuseth prosperity to any immortalist thrust that doth not rise from man's soul and heart as well as his mind.
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God the Great refuseth not to him; nay, he should be content with what He willeth.
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No, on the contrary, he still refuseth to reckon with me, saying,
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“The Physician refuseth a gratuity!” said De Vaux to himself.
The Talisman 2008
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Abdullah replied, “So be it, O my brother; there is no distinction between me and thee and thy house is my house; but since thou invitest me, none refuseth hospitality save the churl.”
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He that refuseth to see and hear, to suffer this, is not fit to live in this world, and knows not the common condition of all men, to whom so long as they live, with a reciprocal course, joys and sorrows are annexed, and succeed one another.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's hear is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
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Nullam virtus respuit staturam, virtue refuseth no stature, and commonly your great vast bodies, and fine features, are sottish, dull, and leaden spirits.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
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Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
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