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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who denies.
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Examples
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Paratus sum ad obeundum mortem, si tu jubeas; hanc sitim aestuantis seda, quam tuum sidus perdidit, aquae et fontes non negant, &c.
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Invitatus ad convivium, quae apponuntur comedis, non quaeris ultra; in mundo multa rogitas quae dii negant.
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Alii dubitant an daemon possit morbus curare quos non fecit, alii negant, sed quotidiana experientia confirmat, magos magno multorum stupore morbos curare, singulas corporis parte citra impedimentum permeare, et mediis nobis ignotis curare.
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Christum negant male pereant, acclamatum est Decies, for two hours 'space; qui Christum non colunt, Augusti inimici sunt, acclamatum est ter decies; and by and by idolaters again under that Apostate Julianus; all Arians under Constantius, good Catholics again under Jovinianus, And little difference there is between the discretion of men and children in this case, especially of old folks and women, as
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Note 106: Ebrard, p. 1543D: Corui enim pullis suis pastum negant, quousque nigrescant, et parentibus similes fiant, similiter et pueris pastum vitae negare vultis quousque intelligant.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Alii negant esse deos, alii deos non curare res humanas, alii utraque concedunt.
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So we see the heathen poets, when they fall upon a libertine passion, do still expostulate with laws and moralities, as if they were opposite and malignant to nature: Et quod natura remittit, invida jura negant.
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'Sunt autem alii philosophi, qui contra fortunam negant esse ullam, sed temeritate res regi omnis autumant'; ll.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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The _negant latum de imperio_ must refer to a _lex curiata_ originally conferring his _imperium_, which his opponents alleged had not been passed.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Nox et caeruleam terris infuderat umbram. ille propinquabat silvis et ab aggere celso scuta virum galeasque videt rutilare comantes, qua laxant rami nemus adversaque sub umbra flammeus aeratis lunae tremor errat in armis. obstipuit visis, ibat tamen, horrida tantum spicula et inclusum capulo tenus admovet ensem. ac prior unde, viri, quidve occultatis in armis? 'non humili terrore rogat. nec reddita contra vox, fidamque negant suspecta silentia pacem.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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