Re*fuse", v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply.
Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse.
Garth.
If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword.
Isa. i. 20.
Re*fuse", n. Refusal. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Ref`use (r?f"?s;277), n. [F. refus refusal, also, that which is
refused. See Refuse to deny.] That which is refused or rejected as
useless; waste or worthless matter.
Syn. -- Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross.
Ref"use, a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance;
of no value; worthless.
Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.