[rɪˈfjuːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- indicate or show that one is not willing to do something
(e.g: I refused to answer)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French refuser, probably an alteration of Latin recusare ‘to refuse’, influenced by refutare ‘refute’

[ˈrɛfjuːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; rubbish
(e.g: heaps of refuse)


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Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from Old French refusé ‘refused’, past participle of refuser (see refuse)