refuse+or+decline+to+agree

  • 1refuse — 1 /rI fju:z/ verb 1 (I) to say or show that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do: I m sure if you ask her to help you, she won t refuse. | refuse to do sth: I refuse to take part in anything that s illegal. | flatly… …

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  • 2refuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trash, truck, rubbish, waste, leavings, garbage. See uselessness. v. See refusal. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rubbish, litter, waste, leavings; see trash 1 , 3 . v. Syn. decline, reject, repudiate, deny,… …

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  • 3refuse — refuse1 [ri fyo͞oz′] vt. refused, refusing [ME refusen < OFr refuser < LL * refusare < L refusus, pp. of refundere: see REFUND1] 1. to decline to accept; reject 2. a) to decline to do, give, or grant …

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  • 4agree — [v1] be in unison, assent with another accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, allow, be of the same mind*, bury the hatchet*, buy into*, check, clinch the deal*, come to terms, comply, concede, concur, consent, cut a deal*, engage, give blessing* …

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  • 5agree — agreeingly, adv. /euh gree /, v., agreed, agreeing. v.i. 1. to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol. by with): I don t agree with you. 2. to give consent; assent (often fol. by to): He agreed to… …

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  • 6agree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. yield, consent; assent; coincide, harmonize; conform (See agreement). Ant., disagree, decline. agree with II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. harmonize, coincide, concur, assent, consent, say yes, go along with,… …

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  • 7dissent — I. v. n. 1. Withhold assent, refuse or decline to agree, disagree (in an opinion). 2. Refuse to conform (to the Church of England), be a non conformist. II. n. 1. Disagreement, difference of opinion. 2. Non conformity, refusal to conform (to the… …

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  • 8dissent — dis·sent 1 /di sent/ vi 1: to withhold assent or approval unfair squeezeout transactions the kind to which public shareholders seem most likely to dissent R. C. Clark see also appraisal ◇ A shareholder who dissents from a proposed transaction may …

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  • 9assent — vb Assent, consent, accede, acquiesce, agree, subscribe and their corresponding nouns express in common the idea of concurrence with what someone else has stated or proposed. Assent implies primarily an act of the understanding and applies to… …

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  • 10accord — vb 1 *agree, harmonize, correspond, tally, conform, square, jibe Analogous words: concur, coincide (see AGREE): blend, fuse, merge, coalesce (see MIX): cohere, adhere (see STICK) Antonyms: conflict Contrasted words: clash, collide, jar (see… …

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