refused
- 1Past tense and past participle of refuse.
The committee refused his request for additional funding.
Her visa application was refused without any explanation.
Note
The participle moves easily into the passive. Because the verb can take two objects, the person turned down can become the subject: they refused him entry becomes he was refused entry, just as a visa is refused. Soldiers use it too: a refused flank is one held back out of the regular alignment before engaging. The same spelling also serves the rarer verb meaning "to fuse again," as of metal refused after melting.
He was refused entry at the border despite holding a valid passport.
The general refused his left flank and struck with the right.
refused is a form of refuse
refuse, verb: To say or show that one will not do, accept, or allow something; to decline a request, offer, or demand. Full entry
- Spelling
- refuse → refused: add -d
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