## Meanings
1. To say that something is not true.
2. To refuse to give someone something they want or need.
3. To refuse to admit that you know or are connected to someone.

## Examples
- He denied that he had taken the money.
- The school denied her the chance to take the exam early.
- Peter denied that he even knew the man.

## Derived Forms
- delie
- deniability
- deniable
- deniance
- denier
- denyingly
- indeniably
- redeny
- self-denying
- undeniable
- undeniably
- undenied

## Related Forms
- denial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁eǵ-
- Root: denyen
- Root: denoier
- Root: denegare
- Root: *né

## Etymology
From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.

## AI Etymology
deny comes from Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ-, Middle English denyen, Old French denoier, Latin denegare, Proto-Indo-European *né. Current senses include to say that something is not true and to refuse to give someone something they want or need. English relatives and later formations include delie, deniability, deniable, denial.

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