transitive. To hinder, obstruct, prevent, prohibit (an action, event, etc.); to withhold (a thing).

To refuse or withhold (anything asked for, claimed or desired); to refuse to give or grant.

transitive to hold back, withhold.

To keep back, withhold (something due, customary, or necessary); hence gen. to withhold.

transitive. To withhold or keep back (something) from someone. Also with from, †of. Also intransitive. Now rare.

transitive. To place or store away in a closed box or other receptacle; to keep from view or use; to confine within bounds. literal and figurative…

transitive. To refuse to carry out; to repudiate (an obligation). Obsolete. rare.

To deny.