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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.nɛ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.ne.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēnegō''' (present infinitive dēnegāre, perfect active dēnegāvī, supine dēnegātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dē-]] “thoroughly” and [[negō]] “to deny”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of refusing, and Plautus also uses it of denying that what was given was given.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to deny a fact or charge, as Plautus' ''datum dēnegant quod datum est'' and Tacitus' charges denied, a sense Lewis and Short call very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Far more often, from Plautus, it meant to refuse a request or favour.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein explains that ''negāre'' denies on objective grounds, while ''īnfitiārī'' denies from a wish to conceal.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to deny, refuse, reject.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''dinegare'' and French ''dénier'', and Old French ''denoiir'' gave [[en|deny]] in the early 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of refusing and denying.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of denying charges.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 14th century – English ''deny'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|deny]] (a fact).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To refuse (a request).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[negō]]
+ * [[en|deny]]
+ * [[en|denial]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein distinguishes [[negō]], to deny on objective grounds, from [[īnfitior]], to deny in order to conceal.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}