different between deny vs misken

English

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 *ne (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??na?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??na?/, /d?-/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Hyphenation: de?ny

Verb

deny (third-person singular simple present denies, present participle denying, simple past and past participle denied)

1. (transitive) To disallow or reject.
2. (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
3. (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
   • 1754, Jonathan Edwards, An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which is supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency

     To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
4. To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
5. (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
6. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     the falsehood of denying his opinion

   • 1827, John Keble, The Christian Year

     thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved

7. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
• Deny can have a connotation that the denial is false; he denied knowing the accused has a more suspicious tone than he said he did not know the accused. However, in some formal usages, e.g. medical records, it can have a more neutral sense (patient denies chest pain).
• See refute.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (assert something is not true): gainsay, contradict, withsay, refute, disclaim

Antonyms

• (disallow): allow
• (assert something is true): confirm, affirm

Derived terms

• deniability
• denier
• justice delayed is justice denied

Related terms

• denial

Translations

Anagrams

• E.D.N.Y., Ynde, dyne

English

Etymology

From Middle English *miskennen (suggested by miskenninge (“mistake, misinterpretation”)), from Old English *miscennan (suggested by miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, or a fine exacted for this mistake”)), equivalent to mis- +? ken. Cognate with Scots misken (“to not know, misken”), Dutch miskennen (“to fail to recognise, ignore”), German mißkennen (“to misunderstand”), Swedish misskänna (“to misunderstand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

misken (third-person singular simple present miskens, present participle miskenning, simple past and past participle miskenned or miskent)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to know; be ignorant or unaware of; appear to be ignorant of.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To misunderstand; mistake; have the wrong idea of.
4. (reflexive, Britain dialectal) To esteem oneself incorrectly; have a false or exaggerated opinion of oneself or one's position.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to recognise or identify.
6. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To refuse to acknowledge; disown; repudiate; pass over; ignore; disregard; neglect; overlook; disavow; disclaim; disown; deny.
7. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To fail to mention.

Derived terms

• miskenner
• miskenning

Anagrams

• minkes

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch miskennen. Equivalent to mis- +? ken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s?k?n/

Verb

misken (present misken, present participle miskennende, past participle misken)

1. (transitive) to deny or to fail to acknowledge

Derived terms

• miskenning

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German mischen, from Old Saxon *miskian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijan?.

Verb

misken

1. (transitive) To mix

Derived terms

• Miskmöhlen

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miskijan?.

Verb

misken

1. to mix

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: misschen

Further reading

• “misken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012