resist, cross; not grant &c. 762; repel, repulse, shut the door in
one’s face, slam the door in one’s face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn, &c. (repudiate) 610; rescind &c. (revoke) 756; disclaim, protest; dissent &c. 489. 
     Adj. refusing &c. v.; restive, restiff|; recusant; uncomplying,
unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to.
     refused &c. v.; ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of,
impossible. 
     Adv. no &c. 536; on no account, not for the world; no thank you,
thanks but no thanks. 
     Phr. non possumus[Lat]; your humble servant[ironically]; bien
oblige[Fr]; not on your life [U.S.]; no way; not even if you beg on your knees.

     #765.  Request.—­ N. request, requisition; claim &c. (demand) 741;
petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin.
     motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe;
imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition.
     orison &c. (worship) 990; incantation &c. (spell) 993.
     mendicancy; asking, begging &c. v.; postulation, solicitation,
invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration[obs3], imploration[obs3], obsecration[obs3], obtestation[obs3], invocation, interpellation. 
     V. request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop
the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim &c. (demand) 741; offer up prayers &c. (worship) 990; whistle for.
     beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure,
adjure; obtest[obs3]; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate[obs3], imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry aloud, cry for help; fall on one’s knees; throw oneself at the feet of; come down on one’s marrowbones.
     beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging;
mendicate[obs3], mump[obs3], cadge, beg one’s bread.
     dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door.
     bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for &c.
(offer) 763; publish the banns. 
     Adj. requesting &c. v.; precatory[obs3]; suppliant, supplicant,
supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory[obs3].
     importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one’s knees, on one’s
bended knees, on one’s marrowbones. 
     Adv. prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have
the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please. 
     Int. for God’s sake! for heaven’s sake! for goodness’ sake! for
mercy’s sake! 
     Phr.  Dieu vous garde[Fr]; dirigenos Domine[Lat]; would you be so kind
as to.