(ri·fyz′) v. ·fused, ·fus·ing v.t.
1. To decline to do, permit, take, or yield.
2. Mil. To turn back (the wing of a line of troops), so that it stands at an angle with the main body.
3. To decline to jump over: said of a horse at a ditch, hedge, etc.
4. Obs. To disown; renounce; resign.
—v.i.
5. To decline to do, permit, take, or yield something. [<OF refuser <L refusus, pp. of refundere. See REFUND.]
—re·fus′er noun

(ref′ys) adjective
Rejected as worthless.
—noun Anything worthless; rubbish. See synonyms under WASTE. [<OF refus, pp. of refuser. See REFUSE¹.]